A Manhattan judge dismissed on Tuesday two counts of murder involving terrorism against Luigi Mangione, the Maryland man charged with fatally shooting a UnitedHealthcare executive last December in protest of the company’s health insurance policies.
Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro ruled that the first two counts of the indictment against Magione were “legally insufficient.”
The judge, however, decided that the other counts – second-degree murder, weapons charges and possession of fake identification – would remain.
“The People presented legally sufficient evidence ofall other counts, including Murder in the Second Degree (intentional). Thus, the motion to dismiss is denied in all other respects, as is the motion to stay the proceedings,” Carro ruled.
Mangione appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court for the first time since February.
He will return to court on Dec. 1.