Luigi Mangione again files a motion calling for the death penalty

Luigi Mangione tries to poke even more holes in his federal death penalty case… and files a new motion attacking the charge that could end his life if convicted.

Mangione and his lawyers — Karen Friedman Agnifilo And Marc Agnifilo – ask the judge to dismiss Count 3 of his four-count federal indictment – ​​murder by use of a firearm – which carries a maximum penalty of death or life in prison.

Federal prosecutors indicted Luigi in 2024, accusing him of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthCare Brian Thompson on the street in Midtown Manhattan. New York State prosecutors have also charged Luigi with Thompson’s murder and other serious crimes.

In their federal motion, Luigi and his attorneys also ask the judge to dismiss Count 4: discharging a firearm equipped with a silencer in furtherance of a crime of violence, which carries a possible life sentence.

Luigi and Co. also want federal prosecutors barred from using his statements to law enforcement during his 2024 arrest at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Police found Luigi in possession of a backpack containing a gun and ammunition.

Additionally, Luigi’s attorneys say the backpack and its contents should not be entered into evidence at trial because Luigi was not read his Miranda rights and police never obtained a warrant to search it.

In September Luigi submitted a motion in his federal case in which he asked the judge to drop his “unconstitutional” charges because his rights had been “intentionally and serially violated” by the NYPD and the federal government to file a death penalty charge.