Luigi Mangione appears for a pretrial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, June 17, 2026.
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Luigi Mangione's lawyers withdraw plans for psychiatric defense
In a court filing Thursday, Mangione's legal team said they won't file psychiatric evidence in the 28-year-old's state murder case. The move came a day after his lawyers said they planned to pursue a psychiatric defense.
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Luigi Mangione's legal team abandoned psychiatric defense strategy one day after confirming it to judge Carro. The move avoids disclosing psychiatric records to prosecutors and complicates defense strategy for Thompson murder trial beginning September.
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