Hearing on February 21, 2025
Friday afternoon status conference at a packed courthouse in Lower Manhattan. It is Luigi Mangione’s second appearance in a New York court, after the first one in December.
More than 100 people were milling about in the hallways of the Supreme Courthouse awaiting Mangione’s arrival for a 2:15 p.m. status conference. Dozens more were waiting outside the building on the cold winter day.
The case was heard in the same courtroom as Trump’s hush money trial and Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 trial.
Mangione appeared, wearing light gray khaki pants, a green sweater and a bulletproof vest. He was handcuffed and had his ankles constrained by shackles.
2:21 pm Come to order!
Justice Gregory Carro takes the bench.
2:24 pm Luigi Mangione is brought in, shackled.
KFA: Please allow him to be unshackled.
Judge Carro: No, there is no jury here.
KFA: He has been a model prisoner at MDC.
Judge Carro: For the security people here, they prefer he remain cuffed.
ADA: The People have served statement and identification notices, including video, 800 gigabytes.
ADA: People provided lab reports and data extraction from defendant’s cell phone. Today in court we gave the defense all police reports, photographs and Pennsylvania bodycam footage
ADA: We are preparing to give the defense the DD-5s in two weeks. We’ll also file an automatic discovery form. We suggest a motion schedule, given the extensive discovery material in this case.
Judge: Are you giving the search warrants and affidavits?
ADA: Redacted
KFA: We oppose a motion schedule at this time. There is a PA matter, and a Federal matter, and this NY matter. We haven’t gotten the bulk of the discovery, the police files. Mr. Kaplan has not given that to us.
Judge: You got that today.
Judge: I’m dealing only with this case. I’ll go past 45 days.
Friedman Agnifilo: We are speaking with the federal prosecutors about the death penalty. It is extremely serious, we are providing mitigation.
KFA: The theories of the Federal and state prosecutions are inconsistent, by defending this case we prejudice ourselves in the other case, and vice versa. There’s a search issue back at the Altoona McDonalds. Can I make a record?
[Continues]
Friedman Agnifilo: Mayor Adams found time to speak to HBO, in hair and makeup, about this case.
Judge: You should have your motions in by April 9, People’s response by May 14. June 26, I hope to have a decision by then.
Judge: See you in June
KFA: He is being treated differently, with him in Federal custody.
Judge Carro: I would have no problem remanding him today [to Rikers]
KFA: He faces the Federal death penalty.
[Whispered sidebar]
[Now Mangione is whispering with his lawyers, before being taken back to the MDC.]
Judge Carro: Alright.
[He stands and leaves.]
Luigi Mangione is led out, back to MDC.
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Automatic discovery is a process where certain information is automatically disclosed by one party to another without needing a specific request. This can include evidence like police reports or witness statements.
Given the extensive discovery material in this case, a motion schedule is indeed a prudent approach. This strategy can help manage the voluminous discovery process more effectively and ensure that all parties have adequate time to review and respond to the materials.
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Luigi Mangione’s next hearings for the New York charges have been scheduled for Thursday, June 26.