Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione will use a psychiatric defense for his state murder trial, a judge said during Wednesday's hearing.Judge Gregory Carro said during a hearing on Wednesday that Mangione's defense team has told him that they plan to show he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence" at the time of the alleged murder.CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APPLuigi Mangione appears at an evidence suppression hearing at the Manhattan Supreme Court in New York City on May 18, 2026.(Steven Hirsch/New York Post)This is a developing story.
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