Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Accused murderer Luigi Mangione seeks the dismissal of two firearms charges filed against him, including one that could result in the death penalty if a jury finds him guilty.

Mangione, 27, appeared in the U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan on Friday, and his attorneys asked Judge Margaret Garnett to dismiss a charge accusing him of using a firearm to commit murder, which is punishable by death.

His attorneys also asked the court to dismiss a charge accusing him of using a silencer in furtherance of a crime of violence.

He also is charged with stalking through the use of interstate facilities resulting in death and interstate stalking resulting in death.

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