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Luigi Mangione withdraws plans to use psychiatric defense in state murder case
Defense lawyers withdrew the notice after a deadline to support the claim and a judge unsealed a June 3 hearing transcript.
Luigi Mangione's defense team withdrew plans to pursue a psychiatric defense in his New York state trial for killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Mangione's attorneys said exposing the psychiatric defense strategy would prejudice his upcoming federal case on the same facts.
If the psychiatric defense was successful, Mangione's murder charge could be reduced to manslaughter with a shorter prison sentence.