Judge Sets June 8 State Trial for Luigi Mangione Amid Double Jeopardy Claims
Judge Gregory Carro set Luigi Mangione's state trial for June 8, 2025, while federal jury selection remains scheduled for Sept. 8, 2025.
Overview
Manhattan Judge Gregory Carro set Luigi Mangione's state trial to start June 8, 2025, after an in-court hearing where Mangione shouted that holding two trials amounted to 'double jeopardy,' officials confirmed.
The date conflicts with federal proceedings that have jury selection set for Sept. 8, 2025, and opening statements scheduled for Oct. 13, 2025, raising double jeopardy and scheduling concerns, prosecutors and defense said.
Judge Carro said the federal government 'has reneged' on an agreement to let the state go first, and Manhattan ADA Joel Seidemann said Thompson's family wants the state trial, court transcripts show.
Luigi Mangione, 27, is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, on Dec. 4, 2024, and was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, with a 9 mm handgun and a notebook five days later, authorities said.
U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett last week dismissed a federal death-penalty charge as legally insufficient, and Carro will rule in May on a suppression hearing that could decide key evidence, officials said.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame the case as highlighting procedural unfairness and weakening federal charges, emphasizing defense-oriented developments (judge calling the government 'reneged,' characterizing Mangione's situation as 'untenable,' dropped terrorism counts, and a ruling that federal charges don't meet the 'crime of violence' definition). They foreground judicial and defense claims while offering limited prosecution perspective.
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FAQ
Double jeopardy prohibits trying someone twice for the same crime. Mangione claims it applies because he faces both state and federal trials for the same murder of Brian Thompson, but the judge rejected this as premature since no trial has occurred yet.
The state trial is set for June 8, 2025, while federal jury selection is scheduled for September 8, 2025, with opening statements on October 13, 2025.
Judge Gregory Carro set the state trial date for June 8 despite defense objections, leading to Mangione shouting 'double jeopardy by any common sense definition' as he was escorted out.
State prosecutors led the investigation, secured the initial indictment, and noted that Thompson's family wants the state trial first; they accused the defense of using double jeopardy to delay.
U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed a federal death-penalty charge as legally insufficient last week.
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