Luigi Mangione violated the "special treatment" he was afforded for his last court appearance when handwritten notes were secreted inside a pair of argyle socks.
Manhattan prosecutors had argued heart-shaped notes smuggled in Mangione's socks showed yet again his "sympathizers" posed a security risk.
Mangione will not have access to the internet on his specially configured laptop. The 26-year-old Ivy League graduate charged with gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a street in midtown Manhattan,
Prosecutors said Mangione received a heart-shaped note tucked into a pair of socks last month, offering encouraging words for his upcoming trial.
Luigi Mangione, who is facing murder charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was given heart-shaped notes before his Feb. 21 court appearance, according to a new filing.
Luigi Mangione wants a laptop in jail, but state prosecutors argue witnesses have already been targeted and they can't risk it getting worse.
Murder suspect Luigi Mangione can't possibly be expected to store 15,000 pages of evidence in his prison cell, his attorney told a judge.
Luigi Mangione's lawyer has objected to what she says are major leaks of information to the media. In a court filing, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, states that she has only learned about key facts in the key by reading articles in New York Magazine and Rolling Stone.
The motion does not seek dismissal of the case, but asks Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Gregory Carro to order prosecutors to turn over outstanding discovery, including civilian witness testimony from the Grand Jury and copies of electronic devices seized from their client upon his arrest.