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Luigi Mangione’s defense team has 14 days to file a petition for habeas corpus, Blair County District Attorney Peter Weeks said Tuesday following Mangione’s court appearance in Pennsylvania. Mangione is currently fighting extradition to New York.
“They have 14 days to file a petition for habeas corpus, and that would simply be a document challenging the commonwealth’s ability to prove that the defendant is the person that the state of New York has issued the arrest warrant for,” Weeks said.
Any court hearing on that petition will have to happen have after that 14-day deadline, Weeks added.
Mangione has two dockets in Blair County, Pennsylvania. One of them will go away once he is extradited since it is his fugitive from justice charge, according to Weeks. The other case relates to Mangione’s encounter with the Altoona Police Department when he was taken into custody Monday.
Mangione was denied bail related to both dockets, Weeks said.
“Our primary focus is to cooperate with the New York City Police Department and Manhattan District attorney’s office so this defendant can be prosecuted for his New York homicide charge,” Weeks said.
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From CNN's Michelle WatsonLuigi Mangione’s defense team has 14 days to file a petition for habeas corpus, Blair County District Attorney Peter Weeks said Tuesday following Mangione’s court appearance in Pennsylvania. Mangione is currently fighting extradition to New York.
“They have 14 days to file a petition for habeas corpus, and that would simply be a document challenging the commonwealth’s ability to prove that the defendant is the person that the state of New York has issued the arrest warrant for,” Weeks said.
Any court hearing on that petition will have to happen have after that 14-day deadline, Weeks added.
Mangione has two dockets in Blair County, Pennsylvania. One of them will go away once he is extradited since it is his fugitive from justice charge, according to Weeks. The other case relates to Mangione’s encounter with the Altoona Police Department when he was taken into custody Monday.
Mangione was denied bail related to both dockets, Weeks said.
“Our primary focus is to cooperate with the New York City Police Department and Manhattan District attorney’s office so this defendant can be prosecuted for his New York homicide charge,” Weeks said.