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856.861.4236 When a Murder Charge Is Not the Whole Story: What the Mangione Case Teaches Us About Psychiatric Defenses in New Jersey Criminal Law July 15, 2026
By Gelman Law, LLC When a high-profile case dominates the national news cycle, it often opens a window into legal concepts that most people have never had to think about before. The Luigi Mangione case is doing exactly that. Accused of the December 2024 murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan, Mangione’s defense team announced in mid-June 2026 that they would pursue a psychiatric defense ahead of the state trial scheduled for September 8, only to withdraw that defense in a court filing the very next day. The announcement and abrupt reversal raised questions about what a…
read more Shooting Charges In New Jersey: What Happens When Police Investigate A Mass Shooting Like The One In Trenton? July 13, 2026
By Gelman Law, LLC | Criminal Defense Attorneys Serving Cherry Hill, Camden County, And All Of New Jersey Late on the night of June 9, 2026, gunfire erupted near the intersection of Furman and Centre streets in South Trenton, leaving seven people wounded, including two teenagers. Investigators recovered more than 50 shell casings spread across several blocks and believe multiple shooters were involved. Investigations like this one move fast and cast a wide net, and the people swept into them are not always the ones who pulled a trigger. If detectives have contacted you about any shooting in New Jersey,…
read more High Profile Cases In The Headlines: What Do The Tyler Robinson Ruling And Two Supreme Court Immigration Decisions Mean For You? June 30, 2026
By David Gelman | New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney If you turned on the morning news recently, you probably heard a lot of legal terms thrown around in a very short span of time. A gag order in a death penalty case. A Supreme Court decision about Temporary Protected Status. Another ruling about asylum and something called metering. It moves fast, and if you or someone you love is facing a criminal charge or an immigration question in New Jersey, it is fair to wonder what any of it actually means for…
read more David Gelman Speaks To The Mirror On Jury Selection In The Luigi Mangione Murder Trial: Why This Case Is Unlike Any Other June 18, 2026
By Gelman Law, LLC | New Jersey Criminal Defense When The Mirror US wanted insight on one of the most closely watched criminal trials in the country, they called David Gelman. Gelman, a New Jersey criminal defense attorney and founder of Gelman Law, LLC, was featured exclusively in a June 5, 2026 article addressing what he described as one of the hardest parts of the Luigi Mangione murder trial: jury selection. His commentary cut through weeks of pretrial noise and identified something that most observers had not yet…
read more As Seen On Fox News: What Does New Jersey Defense Attorney David Gelman Say The Mental Health Crisis Is Doing To Our Courts? June 17, 2026
By Gelman Law, LLC | Cherry Hill Criminal Defense When a tragedy unfolds and the cameras turn to legal analysts, what gets said often matters far beyond the moment. On June 13, 2026, criminal defense attorney David Gelman appeared on Fox News alongside former acting ICE Director Jonathan Fahey to discuss the Midland, Texas shooting that left one person dead and ten others injured. The conversation quickly turned to something Gelman sees not just in the headlines, but inside courtrooms across New Jersey every…
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