Judge issues MAJOR ruling on evidence in Luigi Mangione murder trial

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:01]WAS SPENT DURING THE TRIAL.

[00:00:04]FOX NEW SAYS REACHED OUT TO HILL'S ATTORNEY FOR COMMENT.

[00:00:10]>> Todd: TWO MOTIONS FROM DEFENSE IN THE LUIGI MANGIONE -- CHARLIE KIRK CASE.

[00:00:21]THE DEFENSE WANTS TO BLOCK THE PUBLIC FROM HEARING TESTIMONY ON OR SEEING EXHIBITS IT MAY BE FOUND INADMISDZIBLE AT TRIAL.

[00:00:34]PROSECUTORS ARGUE THE MOTION WAS FILED TOO LATE AND DOES NOT IDENTIFY WHICH EXHIBITSES SHOULD BE WITHHELD FROM THE PUBLIC.

[00:00:44]SCOTT BISHOFF JOINS ME.

[00:00:47]THIS IS NOT TRADE SECRETS, THIS IS NOT A SENSITIVE DIVORCE PROCEEDING, THIS WAS A PUBLIC SHOOTING.

[00:00:58]SOMETHING PUBLIC DESERVES PUBLIC ACCOUNTING OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN COURT, WHETHER THE TRIAL OR PRETRIAL MOTION.

[00:01:06]TO ME, THIS DEFENSE MOTION IS LATEST ATTEMPT AT A DELAY, DELAY TACTIC BY THEM.

[00:01:13]WHAT SAY YOU, COUNSELOR?

[00:01:15]>> GOOD MORNING, TODD.

[00:01:17]I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO CONSIDER IS THAT THESE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH DEFENDING TYLER ROBINSON, BEST THEY POSSIBLY CAN AND WHILE SOME PEOPLE MAY LOOK AT IT AS A DELAY TACTIC, THERE IS LEGITIMATE INTEREST AT CASE HERE, IMPARTIAL JURY EUROPE SIXTH AMENDMENT.

[00:01:45]COMPETING INTEREST, THE PRESS IS RIGHT TO OF COER CRIMINAL TRIALS AND I DON'T SEE IT AS DELAY TACTIC, IT IS SOMETHING THE JUDGE WILL CONSIDER BOTH WAYS AND WILL DECIDE LIKELY THAT IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC TO HAVE FULL TRANSPARENCY TO HEAR EXACTLY WHATTIC TAS PLACE IN COURT AND THEY'LL DEAL WITH ANY BIAS THAT MAY DEVELOP AS RESULT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION LATER DURING VOIR DIRE AT TRIAL.

[00:02:19]>> Todd: THIS JUDGE HAS BEEN DEFERENTIAL TO THE DEFENSE SO FAR, THIS JUDGE IS CONCERNED, I THINK, IF AND WHEN A CONVICTION COMES DOWN, HE WANTS TO MAKE THE CONVICTION APPEAL PROOF AS POSSIBLE AND DOING EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE THAT IS THE CASE.

[00:02:38]TO THE LUIGI MANGIONE CASE, ACCUSED UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO KILLER, BIG DAY, NEW YORK STATE JUDGE RULING GUN AND ALLEGED MANIFESTO IS ADMISSIBLE AND OTHER EVIDENCE WILL BE SUPPRESSED.

[00:02:55]>> THE SEARCH OF THE BACKPACK AT MCDONALD'S WAS IMPROPER, BACKPACK WAS NOT IN THE CONTROL OR GRABABLE AREA OF THE DEFENDANT AND PEOPLE FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE EKSZ GENT CIRCUMSTANCES, THOSE ITEMS FOUND AT MCDONALD'S WILL BE SUPPRESSED.

[00:03:19]>> Todd: I THINK THE PROSECUTION GOT LUCKY THAT THE GUN AND MANIFESTO WERE NOT THROWN OUT, JUDGE THE THREW OUT EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE THIS GUY WAS NOT READ HIS MIRANDA IN ADVANCE OF THE SEARCH.

[00:03:40]>> IT IS A SOUND RULING, IF YOU READ THE OTHER FROM THE JUDGE, HE DOES GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING WARRANTLESS SEARCH SAYS ARE PER SE, UNREASONABLE AND THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO IT.

[00:03:55]WAY THE OFFICERS KNEW EARLY ON THIS LIKELY WAS MANGIONE AT THE MCDONALD'S AND HAD INCREDIBLE POLICE PRESENCE WOULD HAVE MADE HIM FEEL AS ANY REASONABLE PERSON THAT HE WAS NOT FREE TO LEAVE.

[00:04:13]WHEN YOU HAVE THAT NEXUS THERE AND SOMEONE FEELS THEY ARE NOT FREE TO LEAVE AND THE SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST, ANOTHER EXCEPTION TO WARRANTLESS PRINCIPLE IS THAT THEY FELT LIKE THAT WAS OVERREACH BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTORS TO SAY THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY GIVEN THE BACKPACK HAD BEEN REMOVE FRIDAY MANGIONE AND HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND THEY CONTINUED TO SEARCH WHILE AT MCDONALD'S FLEW IN THE FACE OF ANY IDEA THAT WAS REASONABLE UNDER FOURTH AGREEMENT.

[00:04:56]THE STUFF THAT WAS NOT ADMISSIBLE, BACK AT THE POLICE STATION WELL DOCUMENTED BODY CAMERA, TESTIMONY, ALL THOSE THINGS SUPPORT A FINDING IT WAS A PROPER PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARD IN PLACE TO DO INVENTORY SEARCH WHICH LED TO RULING THAT THE JUDGE ISSUED.

[00:05:16]>> Todd: DONNA ROTUNO ARGUED ACT OF GIVING FAKE ID, OPENED UP ANY SEARCH YOU WANTED.

[00:05:26]THE JUDGE DID NOT BUY THAT ARGUMENT AND HERE WE ARE.

[00:05:29]BE CLEAR, FACT YOU HAVE THE GUN AND MANIFESTO SHOULD BE ENOUGH