Walter Wuthman

For NPR News, I'm Walter Wuthman in Albany, New York.

Defense attorneys argue that police did not read Mangione his Miranda rights and did not have a proper warrant when they interrogated him and searched his backpack at a Pennsylvania McDonald's last December.

Attorney Karen Friedman-Ignifilo says prosecutors are now trying to cover their tracks.

Prosecutors say police did nothing wrong, and the evidence links Mangione to the shooting.

The judge is expected to issue a decision in May.

He has not yet set a trial date.

For NPR News, I'm Walter Wuthman in New York City.