Handwritten notes present in Luigi Mangione’s argyle socks at court docket, violating his ‘particular therapy’: Prosecutors

Luigi Mangione violated the “particular therapy” he was afforded for his final court docket look when handwritten notes have been hid inside a pair of argyle socks he was allowed to put on, New York Metropolis prosecutors stated Wednesday in a brand new court docket submitting.

Mangione, who’s accused of gunning down United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December, was given particular lodging for his “style wants” when he was allowed to alter out of his jail-issued clothes earlier than his Feb. 21 court docket look, in accordance with the submitting.

The protection staff gave a court docket officer a bag of garments, which included a brand new pair of argyle socks wrapped round cardboard, the submitting stated.

“Secreted within the cardboard have been two private heart-shaped notes, one addressed to an unknown individual named ‘Joan’ and the opposite to Luigi stating partly ‘know there are millions of individuals wishing you luck,'” the Manhattan district legal professional’s workplace stated.

“Regardless of this, the defendant was permitted to put on the argyle socks, which he first turned into and later modified out of as a result of he felt that ‘they didn’t look good,'” prosecutors stated.

Mangione ended up showing sock-less on the court docket look, with shackles round his ankles.

“Happily, the objects smuggled have been handwritten notes and never contraband able to harming the transporting officers,” prosecutors famous.

The sartorial element was included in a submitting that responded to protection accusations that prosecutors withheld grand jury witness testimony and copies of digital gadgets seized upon Mangione’s arrest, in violation of discovery obligations.

Prosecutors conceded they haven’t supplied the testimony of civilian witnesses earlier than the grand jury as a result of they “constituted a fraction of the testimony earlier than the Grand Jury,” comprising 4 of the 23 witnesses known as. In any other case, the DA’s workplace stated there have been ample discovery disclosures to the protection.

On Dec. 4, Mangione allegedly shot and killed Thompson in a premeditated assault exterior a Hilton resort in Midtown Manhattan because the CEO headed to an traders convention.

In accordance with a newly disclosed court docket doc, the backpack Mangione was carrying when he was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, 5 days after the homicide was full of things that might recommend he supposed to stay on the run and, presumably, kill once more.

The backpack had a gun, a Glock journal, 9 mm cartridges and a silencer, together with a knife, cellphone charger, duct tape, passport, zip ties, garments, a pc and handwritten notes, the automated discovery type stated.

Authorities additionally discovered receipts for objects bought at a CVS and for registration at a New York Metropolis hostel underneath the title Mark Rosario, which matches the title on a pretend New Jersey driver’s license Mangione allegedly carried.

Prosecutors extracted knowledge from gadgets linked to Mangione, together with a Motorola cellphone he allegedly dropped whereas fleeing, the doc stated.

Mangione has pleaded not responsible to state expenses.

He has not but entered a plea to federal expenses. One of many federal expenses, homicide by way of use of a firearm, makes Mangione eligible for the dying penalty if convicted.

He’s due again in court docket on April 18.