Luigi Mangione Defense Withdraws Emotional-Disturbance Plea 1 Day After Filing

3 articles · Updated · Telehealth and Telecare Aware · Jun 25

One day after filing it in Manhattan Supreme Court, Luigi Mangione’s lawyers withdrew an extreme emotional disturbance defense in his New York murder case.
That plea could have reduced a conviction from intentional second-degree murder to manslaughter, but it also would have effectively conceded that Mangione committed the killing.
Reports cited in the filing dispute say the defense may still try to raise emotional disturbance through Mangione’s own testimony or through prosecution evidence.
Judge Gregory Carro has already excluded much of the backpack evidence recovered when Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and New York prosecutors no longer have terrorism and first-degree murder charges in the state case.
Mangione has pleaded not guilty to state murder and weapons charges; his New York trial is set for Sept. 8, with separate federal and Pennsylvania cases still pending.