Luigi Mangione yells out in court that he's facing 'double jeopardy' in NY case

In a Manhattan courtroom on Friday, Luigi Mangione, the 27-year-old charged with murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, shouted about "double jeopardy" as the judge set a June start date for his trial in New York’s case against him.

Manhattan state Judge Gregory Carro set a June 8 date for the trial, meaning his state trial would start months ahead on the October trial date set in his federal case.

Per the New York Post, Mangione shouted at reporters as he was led from the room, "It’s the same trial twice. One plus one equals two. This is double jeopardy by any common sense."

In the courtroom, Mangione’s lawyers claimed that they would not be ready for the June start date. Judge Carro told the defense, "Be ready."

In New York, Mangione has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, weapons, and forgery. Mangione has also pleaded not guilty in his federal case.

In the federal case, Mangione no longer faces a potential sentence of the death penalty after a Biden-appointed judge dismissed two of the four federal counts. Judge Margaret M. Garnett dismissed the murder through use of a firearm charge as well as a related firearms charge, and left in place two federal stalking counts. Those remaining counts carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.

The murder charge was dismissed by the judge because it requires that the killing was committed during another "crime of violence," which prosecutors alleged was the two stalking charges. Garnett said that the stalking charges were not "crimes of violence."