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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 111 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said in a statement that it would fight efforts to end the state case, in part because Mangione’s federal sentence isn’t yet known.

Compared with federal law and that of other states, New York has uncommonly strong protections for defendants facing multiple prosecutions. A state prosecution can be barred if a federal case involving the same course of conduct or criminal transaction ends in a guilty plea or if a jury is sworn.

Pleading guilty was some deep strategy by his team. It's going to be so fucking hilarious when he gets off state charges because of double jeopardy.

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 34 points 2 days ago

Maybe that's why they were so quick to reverse course on the insanity plea or whatever.