The ruling was just the latest misfortune to befall the former New York City mayor. He has been indicted and disbarred, filed for bankruptcy and suffered a fractured vertebra in a car crash.
The judge overseeing the case against Mr. Mangione said the evidence underpinning two of the most serious counts, one of which charged him with first-degree murder, was “legally insufficient.”
Luigi Mangione at State Supreme Court on Tuesday. Mr. Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive last year, still faces a second-degree murder charge.