Marie Pohl is a published author and freelance contributor. She covers courts and arts.
‘If the federal case resolves first, it is very difficult to predict what will happen to the New York state case,’ criminal defense attorney Elena Fast tells the Sun.
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Prosecutors had contended that Mangione fans would take liberties in an overflow room designated for attending the high-profile case while defense attorneys insinuated the DA was consulting with the court on who would receive media access.
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With 68 reporters allowed in the courtroom, the defense for the man accused of killing a UnitedHealthcare CEO says he is being denied his Sixth Amendment right to a fair and public trial.
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Federal prosecutors accuse Mr. Maduro and his wife of conspiring with international drug cartels to traffic cocaine into the United States.
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A copy of the Declaration of Independence, an original manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous, and a Stetson that never reached JFK go under the hammer.
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Concern about bias in the highly public case has District Judge Marget Garnett keeping a tight lid on which questions from defense and prosecutorial teams will make the final cut in the jury selection process.
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Experts say an early conviction of Mangione in the federal stalking case could stymie the state’s murder prosecution under New York’s double jeopardy laws.
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The prosecution notes that this decision is not ‘a reflection of any diminished confidence in the case.’
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Defense attorneys want the New York case, which includes a murder charge, to go second to a federal trial since the state’s constitution offers strong laws to protect against double jeopardy.
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The presiding judge in the state trial has ordered the documents regarding Mr. Mangione’s psychiatric evaluations to remain sealed.
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With an ‘affirmative psychiatric defense,’ lawyers for the man who allegedly shot an executive on a Manhattan street effectively admit that Mangione did it, but he is not responsible for his actions.
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With the defendant in federal custody, U.S. Marshals have no intention of turning him over unless everything is done by the book. On Tuesday, it wasn’t.
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