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They won't need to prove Luigi did it. Luigi is confessing here. That's exactly what Luigi is doing here - admitting he did it.
That's the whole point of an affirmative defense. Self-defense is another example of an affirmative defense. You say in court, "I do not contest the facts of the case. I indeed pulled a trigger on a gun, fired a bullet at someone, and killed them. The facts of my actions are not in dispute. However, what I did was OK because it was self defense, which I will prove for reasons X, Y, and Z."
By taking a mental health defense, Luigi's team are admitting that he was the one that pulled the trigger. It's a confession, but one that says "I did it, but I shouldn't be held responsible for it."
Now, maybe some might still cling to the idea that the whole thing is a complete frame job. But the fact that they're going for the insanity defense shows the evidence is probably pretty damning. Insanity defenses rarely work. And in the rare cases they do, they usually result in people serving longer terms in a mental hospital than they would in prison. Insanity defense are nearly impossible to succeed and are anything but a get-out-of-jail-free card.
I hope he succeeds on the insanity defense claim. But at this point, it's pretty clear that the defense is conceding the point that Luigi did it. They aren't going to try and claim in court that evidence is fake or planted.
With the obvious caveat that I'm not a lawyer - if Luigi's defence thinks this is the best strategy, then I think the case is as good as lost; he may as well plead guilty and stop wasting the court's time. He won't get any clemency - he (allegedly) killed a wealthy person.
If you can show the defendant did any planning then made a significant effort to cover their tracks it shows rational thought and knowledge that it was a crime.