Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Luigi Mangione is scheduled to appear in a federal courtroom Friday to begin a pre-trial hearing in the case against him.
Mangione, 27, is accused of murder in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024 as Thompson, 50, was on his way to an investors' meeting. Mangione was arrested five days later in an Altoona, Pa., McDonald's. In the federal case, he faces the death penalty. He also faces state charges.
The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m.
In mid-December, Mangione appeared in a state evidentiary hearing, during which his attorneys tried to suppress evidence that Altoona police officers seized without a warrant and questioned him before reading his Miranda rights. That hearing ended Dec. 18, and a ruling is expected in May.
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