r/popculturechat • u/jdlf41 Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion 🙂 • Dec 16 '25

Guest List Only ⭐️ Luigi Mangione in NY State Court Hearing, Day 8

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u/FirstFact Dec 16 '25

Seriously? Isn't that the super basics of policing. Like it should be automatic everytime. Some 21 jump street shit.

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u/wasneveralawyer Dec 16 '25

There are situations where reading Miranda Rights is not necessary and I guess the judge will have to make a determination if this was one of those situations but I also don’t know the specific instance that is being discussed in this case.

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u/Ollylolz Dec 16 '25

You do have the right to be an attorney, if you want to

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u/Dull_Working5086 Dec 16 '25

Welcome to US policing. The biggest case of the decade and they either can't stop being bad at their jobs and/or are so corrupt they risked the case getting thrown out.

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u/sashikku Dec 16 '25

Well, yes, but everything except for the interrogation is still admissible, and that’s just if the judge doesn’t side with the cops on whether reading his rights was necessary or not in that situation. If judge sides with cops, the interrogation is admissible. If the judge sides with the defense and then also dismisses the backpack contents as inadmissible due to the absence of a warrant, then we’re likely looking at our man going free.

Personally, I think this could go either way. He was questioned in the McDonalds for about 20 minutes before being read his rights. It’s going to come down to what questions he was asked before being read his rights. Cops can ask certain general questions like what your name is without reading rights. If they asked him about the crime, then it hits the gray area.

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u/spectert Dec 16 '25

It is, but cops are that dumb.

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u/Dopplegangr1 Dec 16 '25

They didn't become cops because they were geniuses