Overview
- Both sides rested after a nine-day hearing focused on Altoona police questioning and a backpack search during Luigi Mangione’s Dec. 9, 2024 arrest.
- Judge Gregory Carro set a schedule for written submissions with the defense due Jan. 29 and prosecutors due March 5, with a defense reply two weeks later.
- Prosecutors presented body-worn camera video, 911 audio and photos while calling roughly 17–20 witnesses; the defense called no witnesses.
- The Manhattan district attorney’s office said it will not use certain station-house statements, while arguing the backpack search was lawful as incident to arrest and later supported by a warrant.
- A separate federal proceeding remains pending, with an admissibility hearing set for Jan. 9 and prosecutors indicating they will seek the death penalty.