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Judge Rules on Mangione Evidence Allowed at Trial | Crime Alert 05.19.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Sidney Silvanni.
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  Speaker 1: A major development out of New York. In the high
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  Speaker 1: profile state murder trial of Luigi Mangioni, on Monday, a
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  Speaker 1: judge handed down a significant mixed ruling regarding what evidence
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  Speaker 1: can be presented to a jury. Judge Gregory Carro ruled
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  Speaker 1: that prosecutors can indeed use a gun and a notebook,
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  Speaker 1: which has previously been described as a manifesto, as evidence
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  Speaker 1: in the upcoming trial. This decision effectively rejects the defense
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  Speaker 1: team's argument that those specific items were seized illegally, delivering
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  Speaker 1: a critical partial victory to the prosecution. However, Judge Carro
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  Speaker 1: ruled that prosecutors cannot admit several other items that were
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  Speaker 1: uncovered during the initial search of Mangioni's backpack when he
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  Speaker 1: was first arrested at a McDonald's restaurant in Pennsylvania two
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  Speaker 1: years ago. Those suppressed items include a loaded magazine, a
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  Speaker 1: cell phone, a passport, a wallet, and a computer chip.
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  Speaker 1: Judge Carro explained that the arresting officers conducted what he
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  Speaker 1: called an improper, warrantless search at the McDonald's, specifically highlighting
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  Speaker 1: that the search happened in plain view of the public
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  Speaker 1: and the restaurant's employees, but the judge drew a clear
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  Speaker 1: line between that initial encounter and what followed. He stated
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  Speaker 1: that a subsequent search of Mangioni's backpack, which was conducted
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  Speaker 1: at the Altuna police headquarters, was entirely valid because the
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  Speaker 1: silencer and the notebook were recovered later at the police
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  Speaker 1: station during that valid search, The defense team's bid to
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  Speaker 1: suppress those specific items was officially denied. Mangioni's arrest came
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  Speaker 1: five days after Thompson, a fifty year old father of two,
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  Speaker 1: was shot dead outside a Manhattan hotel as he walked
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  Speaker 1: to an investor's conference. Police officers were eventually called to
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  Speaker 1: the McDonald's restaurant in Altuna, Pennsylvania, where Mangioni was spotted
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  Speaker 1: eating breakfast. The twenty eight year old defendant has pleaded
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  Speaker 1: not guilty to nine state felony charges, including second degree
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  Speaker 1: murder and various counts related to his possession of a weapon.
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  Speaker 1: In addition to the state trial, Mangioni has also pleaded
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  Speaker 1: not guilty in a separate federal case charging him with
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  Speaker 1: two counts of stalking. Each of those federal counts carries
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  Speaker 1: a maximum sentence of life without parole. In both the
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  Speaker 1: state and federal cases, prosecutors may highlight key physical evidence
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  Speaker 1: found directly at the scene of Thompson's killing. Authorities of
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  Speaker 1: stated they recovered shell casings with the words delayed, deny,
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  Speaker 1: and depose written on them, terms heavily associated with the
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  Speaker 1: practices of the for profit healthcare industry. The state trial
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  Speaker 1: in Manhattan Criminal Court is tentatively scheduled to begin this September,
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  Speaker 1: which will be followed by the federal trial some time
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  Speaker 1: later in the fall. As for the defendant, Mangioni has
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  Speaker 1: been detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since
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  Speaker 1: December twenty twenty four. More crime and justice news after this.
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  Speaker 1: In another New York court room, Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes
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  Speaker 1: retrial has come to a highly unusual and disjointed end.
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  Speaker 1: On Thursday, the presiding judge declared a mistrial on the
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  Speaker 1: remaining rape charge, capping off a chaotic week that also
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  Speaker 1: saw a split verdict on other counts in this Land
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  Speaker 1: and Me Too Eric case. This dramatic conclusion effectively sets
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  Speaker 1: the stage for what could be a third New York
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  Speaker 1: trial for the seventy three year old former studio boss.
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  Speaker 1: Prosecutors have already announced they are fully prepared to retry
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  Speaker 1: the unresolved rape count, even as Weinstein faces a brand
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  Speaker 1: new sentencing hearing for the sexual assault count he was
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  Speaker 1: convicted of just one day prior. Defense attorney Arthur Idalla
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  Speaker 1: immediately slammed the proceedings outside the courthouse, stating that what
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  Speaker 1: happened inside the jury room was absolutely improper, in confirming
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  Speaker 1: that the defense team plans to launch an appeal. Intense
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  Speaker 1: strain within the panel of seven women and five men
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  Speaker 1: led to this Mistrial issues first leaked into public view
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  Speaker 1: more than a week ago on Friday, when a juror
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  Speaker 1: asked to be excused, claiming another panelist was being treated unfairly.
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  Speaker 1: By Monday, the jury four person formally complained that other
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  Speaker 1: jurors were aggressively pushing people to change their minds and
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  Speaker 1: bringing up information outside the actual charges. The tension peaked
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  Speaker 1: last Wednesday when the four person informed the judge he
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  Speaker 1: felt physically afraid in the jury room, alleging another juror
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  Speaker 1: yelled at him for holding on to his opinion and
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  Speaker 1: even threatened that he would see me outside When Judge
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  Speaker 1: Curtis Farbar directly asked the four person on Thursday if
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  Speaker 1: he was willing to return to deliberations, the man simply
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  Speaker 1: said no, prompting the judge to declare the mistrial. Interestingly,
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  Speaker 1: other jurors disputed this toxic narrative. Upon leaving the court,
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  Speaker 1: jur Chanton Holmes told reporters that no one mistreated the
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  Speaker 1: four person, suggesting he was simply tired of deliberating, though
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  Speaker 1: another anonymous juror noted the sessions were highly contentious but
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  Speaker 1: ultimately respectful. This unresolved third degree rape charge involves actor
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  Speaker 1: and hairstylist Jessica Man, who testified at length about being
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  Speaker 1: raped by Weinstein during a year's long consensual relationship. Following
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  Speaker 1: the mistrial, Man released a defiant statement confirming she will
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  Speaker 1: never give up and is ready to testify for a
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  Speaker 1: third time if necessary. While the jury deadlocked on Man's allegations,
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  Speaker 1: they did reach a unanimous split verdict on Wednesday regarding
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  Speaker 1: two other women, both involving accusations of forced oral sex
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  Speaker 1: dating back to two thousand and six. Weinstein was convicted
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  Speaker 1: of one first degree criminal sex act charge involving producer
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  Speaker 1: Miriam Hayley. However, he was acquitted of a separate criminal
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  Speaker 1: sex act charge involving former fashion model Kaja Socala. Jeror
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  Speaker 1: Chanton Holmes noted that the panel did not find Socala's
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  Speaker 1: testimony credible, though Socala herself still called the partial conviction
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  Speaker 1: a big win for everyone. Weinstein is now scheduled to
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  Speaker 1: return to court on July second to determine dates for
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  Speaker 1: both his new sentencing and the potential third trial. Weinstein
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  Speaker 1: has been behind bars since his initial twenty twenty conviction,
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  Speaker 1: which was overturned last year and sent back for this retrial.
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  Speaker 1: He is also appealing a completely separate conviction in prison
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  Speaker 1: sentence out of California. For the latest crime and justice
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  Speaker 1: favorite podcast app with this crime alert. I'm Sidney Silvanni