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‘There is and was no other gun’: Mangione team argues double jeopardy bars state murder trial

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione on Friday continued to push for the dismissal of his state court murder and weapons case, arguing that his guilty plea to federal stalking charges two months ago bars a separate trial .

Mangione, the admitted killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court in August. The plea set off a protracted battle over the future of the separate state court prosecution for second-degree murder and weapons possession.

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‘There is and was no other gun’: Mangione team argues double jeopardy bars state murder trial

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