Accused CEO assassin Luigi Mangione asks judge to toss evidence from his arrest

Accused assassin Luigi Mangione returned to court Monday for the first of three hearings in which his lawyers will ask the court to toss evidence in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson The -year-old Ivy League alumnus is accused of stalking Thompson a -year-old father of two before allegedly shooting him from behind outside a Manhattan hotel Thompson who lived in Minnesota was expected to attend a shareholder conference later that morning LUIGI MANGIONE ARGUES DOUBLE JEOPARDY IN BID TO DROP MURDER INCIDENT SUPPRESS EVIDENCEMangione's lawyers are asking the court to suppress evidence collected during his arrest at a Pennsylvania McDonald's five days after the murder The evidence includes physical evidence from a backpack including the suspected murder weapon and his journals as well as statements he made to police before they read him a Miranda warning The hearings are expected to run for several days with a break on Wednesday There are three different types of suppression hearings Mapp Huntley and Mosley Two of them are expected this week a Mapp hearing to determine whether certain types of physical evidence should be suppressed or thrown out and a Huntley hearing to determine if a confession or other statements to law enforcement are admissible LUIGI MANGIONE PROSECUTORS FIRE BACK ON EAVESDROPPING CLAIMThe Manhattan District Attorney's Office has not yet finalized its trial strategy and a Mosley hearing which determines if non-eyewitnesses can testify at trial is not expected yet Mangione faces a slew of charges in New York Pennsylvania and federally State-level terror charges were thrown out earlier this year but Mangione still faces second-degree murder seven counts of criminal possession of a weapon and possession of a forged ID in New York He faces a maximum of life in prison in the Empire State If convicted on the top federal charges he could face the death penalty This is a evolving story Stick with Fox News Digital for updates