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Luigi Mangione’s backpack and the circumstances surrounding his Pennsylvania arrest were the focus of this week’s hearings in New York as his defense lawyers are trying to get some evidence tossed entirely.

Mangione’s attorneys attempted to pick apart Pennsylvania police’s handling of their initial arrest of Mangione, challenging their warrantless search of the murder suspect’s backpack and a delay in being read his Miranda rights. The set of pre-trial hearings is aimed at determining whether evidence will be excluded from his upcoming trial for the alleged killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Fox News Digital he believes prosecutors will be able to argue successfully that the backpack se

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