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The retraction Thursday came just a day after Mangione’s attorneys told Judge Gregory Carro that they planned to pursue the defense.
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The retraction Thursday came just a day after Mangione’s attorneys told Judge Gregory Carro that they planned to pursue the defense.
CURTIS MEANS / POOL/AFP via Getty Images Attorneys for Luigi Mangione have reversed course on their plan to argue a psychiatric defense for the accused killer of United Health CEO Brian Tho...
Just one day after Mangione's defense team announced plans to pursue a psychiatric defense, his attorneys abruptly withdrew the strategy that had been expected to become a central component...
The decision comes a day after Mangione’s team said they intended to argue that he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance
Only one day after a New York state judge unsealed Mangione’s notice to potentially use an “extreme emotional disturbance” defense, his team abruptly changed course
The defence team reverse course a day after saying they would argue he suffered "extreme emotional disturbance".
CNN correspondent Kara Scannell was left flummoxed after accused United Healthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione's legal team moved to withdraw their plan for a psychiatric legal defense on Th...
Attorneys for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, dropped plans for a psychiatric defense in his state case on Thursday. CBS News legal reporter...
Accused healthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione on Thursday withdrew his plans to pursue a psychiatric defense at his upcoming New York murder trial in the fatal shooting of United Healthcare...
The retraction Thursday came just a day after Mangione’s attorneys told Judge Gregory Carro that they planned to pursue the defense.
The retraction Thursday came just a day after Mangione’s attorneys told Judge Gregory Carro that they planned to pursue the defense.
The retraction Thursday came just a day after Mangione’s attorneys told Judge Gregory Carro that they planned to pursue the defense.
The retraction Thursday came just a day after Mangione’s attorneys told Judge Gregory Carro that they planned to pursue the defense.
The retraction Thursday came just a day after Mangione’s attorneys told Judge Gregory Carro that they planned to pursue the defense.
Luigi Mangione's attorneys on Thursday told the judge in his New York state murder case they would withdraw their planned psychiatric defense.
Luigi Mangione's attorneys on Thursday told the judge in his New York state murder case they would withdraw their planned psychiatric defense.
Luigi Mangione's attorneys on Thursday told the judge in his New York state murder case they would withdraw their planned psychiatric defense.
Luigi Mangione's attorneys on Thursday told the judge in his New York state murder case they would withdraw their planned psychiatric defense.
Luigi Mangione's attorneys on Thursday told the judge in his New York state murder case they would withdraw their planned psychiatric defense.
Legal team of alleged gunman, 28, reverses position on ‘extreme emotional disturbance’ defense after one day In a stunning reversal, Luigi Mangione’s legal team said on Thursday they would...
Luigi Mangione withdraws psychiatric defense in United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson murder case, according to new court filings ahead of trial.
Mangione’s team would have been required to submit his psychiatric records to the Manhattan district attorney's office if it followed through on its defense.
Lawyers initially planned to say Mangione was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance when he shot United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson
The filing comes one day after a judge said his lawyers planned to argue that he was experiencing “extreme emotional disturbance” at the time of the killing.
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