NEW YORK — The protection within the Daniel Penny manslaughter case rested Friday with out their consumer taking the stand.
The decide will maintain a charging convention with the attorneys Monday to debate his directions to the jury.
The jury is off till after Thanksgiving when the trial will resume with closing arguments, the decide’s directions and deliberations.
Earlier within the day, a forensic pathologist was on the stand and cross-examined by the prosecution.
Prosecutors wish to query his credibility after Dr. Satish Chundru, an skilled based mostly in Texas, stated Thursday there was no method Jordan Neely died from a chokehold.
He stated Neely died from “the mixed results” of artificial marijuana, schizophrenia, his wrestle and restraint, and a blood situation that may result in deadly issues throughout exertion.
Penny’s lawyer has additionally instructed as a result of Neely was in a psychotic state and excessive on K2, it triggered a sickling disaster that led to an absence of oxygen, inflicting his loss of life.
Chundru’s testimony starkly contrasted with the findings of Dr. Cynthia Harris, town medical expert who carried out Neely’s post-mortem.
She advised jurors earlier within the trial that Neely suffered “an asphyxial loss of life” on account of the chokehold. She known as it “profoundly unbelievable” that Neely’s loss of life was on account of artificial marijuana use and sickle cell situation, which is expounded however not equal to sickle cell illness.
Inside the medical expert’s workplace, “the consensus was unanimous” that Neely had died from the chokehold, Harris stated, including: “There are not any various affordable explanations.”
The prosecution rested Monday morning and the protection started presenting its case Monday afternoon.
They’ve known as Penny’s mom, sister, fellow Marines as character witnesses, a forensic psychiatrist to testify about Neely’s psychiatric historical past, and Thursday morning the forensic pathologist.
Penny faces as much as 15 years in jail if he’s convicted.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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