A New York judge ruled Monday that a gun and notebook allegedly recovered from Luigi Mangione's backpack can be used as evidence in his state murder trial. Other items from an initial search were suppressed.
Judge Gregory Carro found the initial search of the backpack at the time of Mangione's arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania, to be an improper warrantless search. Items including a gun magazine, cellphone, passport, wallet and computer chip must be suppressed because the backpack was not within Mangione's immediate control.
