NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione is due in court Tuesday as his lawyers push to have his state murder charges thrown out in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. They argue that the New York case and a parallel federal death penalty prosecution amount to double jeopardy.
Also to be decided: a trial date and whether the state case or federal case will go first.
Right. If he had brought the body across state lines, then I believe that might trigger it as federal.
But i could be wrong.
The only thing I can think of that they might have to hook federal charges on is if they’re saying he crossed state lines as part of a plan to commit a crime, where that plan was executed (pun intended).