By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-12 11:27:37 | Updated at 2024-12-25 13:28:12
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Luigi Mangione's lawyer reveals the REAL reason the UnitedHealthcare CEO 'shooter' exploded outside court
Daily Mail ^ | 12 Dec 2024 | MELISSA KOENIG FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Posted on 12/12/2024 3:14:20 AM PST by blueplum
The lawyer representing Luigi Mangione claims his client exploded outside a Pennsylvania courthouse because he was 'agitated' at a lack of legal representation...
As he was being led into the courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Mangione, 26, yelled at reporters for being 'completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience!'...
But speaking with Erin Burnett on her CNN show Wednesday night, defense attorney Thomas Dickey said his client was upset that he did not have legal representation at that point.
'He's irritated, agitated about what's happening to him and what he's being accused of,' Dickey said when Burnett pressed whether he would seek a not guilty plea by way of insanity.
'He never had any legal representation until he walked into that building yesterday.' ...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: brianthompson; mangione; uhc
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That's the best the attorney could come up with?
1 posted on 12/12/2024 3:14:20 AM PST by blueplum
To: blueplum
Pennsylvania is a state that doesn’t allow “hybrid representation”. You, as a defendant, at the beginning have a choice: go Pro Se (represent yourself) or retain a lawyer, once you hire a lawyer you can no longer represent yourself(in other words you can’t make your speeches to the court if you chose a lawyer to speak for you).
2 posted on 12/12/2024 3:20:27 AM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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