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Judge Blocks Key Evidence in Luigi Mangione State Murder Trial

Megyn Kelly Show · Luigi Mangione's Suppressed Evidence, Mackenzie Shirilla’s "Crash" Doc - "Positively Legal" with Mark Eiglarsh and Jonna Spilbor · May 23, 2026
Judge Blocks Key Evidence in Luigi Mangione State Murder Trial
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Luigi Mangione's Suppressed Evidence, Mackenzie Shirilla’s "Crash" Doc - "Positively Legal" with Mark Eiglarsh and Jonna Spilbor
"I find that the search of the backpack at the McDonald's was improper warrantless search, that the backpack was not within the immediate control or grabbable area of the defendant, and further, the people failed to demonstrate exigent circumstances. Therefore, those items found in the backpack during the search at the McDonald's will be suppressed."
A New York judge ruled that evidence seized from Luigi Mangione's backpack at a McDonald's must be suppressed due to an improper warrantless search. However, items recovered during a subsequent inventory search at the police station remain admissible, along with the gun and Mangione's manifesto. Mangione faces both state and federal charges for the caught-on-camera killing of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street.
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