Luigi Mangione's defense team plans to argue he suffered extreme emotional disturbance during the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO murder, judge says.
Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione will use a psychiatric defense for his state murder trial, a judge said during Wednesday’s hearing.
Judge Gregory Carro said during a hearing on Wednesday that Mangione’s defense team has told him that they plan to show he was suffering from “extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence” at the time of the alleged murder.
This is a developing story. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
