Luigi Mangione yells 'double jeopardy' in court as judge speeds up schedule

Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News on Feb 6, 2026

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NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge on Friday sped up the schedule in Luigi Mangione’s state case, setting trial for June 8 after criticizing the feds for backtracking on their promise to let local prosecutors try him first for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

“It appears that the federal government has reneged on their agreement to allow the state, which did most of the work in this case, to go first,” Justice Gregory Carro said, saying he would thus accelerate the proceedings before him.

“This case got simpler in that it should be shorter and it’s no longer a terrorism case, and things changed in federal court as it’s no longer a death penalty case.”

Lawyers for Mangione strenuously objected to the new timeline, arguing they needed to prepare for the federal trial that is set to begin with jury selection on Sept. 8.

As he was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs, Mangione lodged his own objection, yelling out to spectators seated in the gallery.

“This is double jeopardy, by any common sense,” he said.

Mangione, 27, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and related charges stemming from the early morning killing of Thompson outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown Dec. 4, 2024.

He also faces federal stalking charges in a parallel case being tried by the Justice Department, in which he similarly maintains his innocence.

While he could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted in either case, the Maryland man is much better positioned than in the months after his arrest, having succeeded in getting the most serious charges he initially faced thrown out.

Carro in September dismissed terrorism charges in the state case after finding Bragg’s office had misapplied a statute enacted in the wake of 9/11.

Manhattan Federal Judge Margaret Garnett last week dismissed the death-penalty eligible offense of murder through the use of a firearm, finding it had been misapplied.

Carro on Friday said if the government appealed Garnett’s ruling, delaying the federal case, he’d push back the state trial to Sept. 8.

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