Daniel Penny defense moves for mistrial again after prosecution witness brings up stricken subject

NEW YORK – New York City Marine seasoned Daniel Penny returned to tribunal Monday for his manslaughter trial – and his defence squad entered different question to state a mistrial aft the prosecution's prima witness, Dr. Cynthia Harris with the Office of the City Medical Examiner, brought up the connection "homicide" connected the witnesser stand. 

When discussing Jordan Neely's cause and mode of death Friday, Harris mentioned that "Dr. Graham reviews each homicide reports."

Judge Maxwell Wiley ordered that remark to beryllium stricken but different grounds successful the speech starring up to it would stay portion of the case.

Penny, 26, is connected proceedings for the 30-year-old Neely's death, but helium is not accused of sidesplitting him connected purpose. Prosecutors person charged him with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. Neely barged onto a subway car, threw his overgarment connected the crushed and started making erratic decease threats, according to witnesses. 

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Daniel Penny arrives astatine Manhattan Supreme Court, successful New York, NY connected Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. Penny, a Marine veteran, is charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide successful the 2023 decease of Jordan Neely connected a New York City subway train. (Adam Gray for Fox News Digital)

Earlier this month, Penny's defence had moved for a mistrial alleging that prosecutors were improperly coating Neely's decease arsenic a radical issue. Penny is not accused of a hatred crime. 

The defence argued that Penny is not getting a just trial, and raised a fig of objections, saying that the prosecution was trying to overgarment Penny arsenic a "White vigilante" and improperly allowed witnesser Johnny Grima, a stateless antheral with a condemnation for bashing idiosyncratic with a bat, to telephone the suspect a "murderer" from the witnesser basal erstwhile helium has not been accused of murder.

Wiley denied that request, too, but told Penny's squad "I spot what you're getting at."

Before jurors entered the country Monday, the sides discussed with the justice entering further grounds – a constabulary study that described Neely arsenic a screaming man, arsenic opposed to screaming erstwhile constabulary arrived.

He was unresponsive erstwhile police arrived, but determination was disorder related to Dr. Harris' testimony.

Cynthia Harris, M.D. arrives for Daniel Penny’s proceedings astatine the Manhattan Criminal Court gathering successful New York City connected Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. Penny, a Marine veteran, is charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide successful the 2023 decease of Jordan Neely connected a New York City subway train. (Adam Gray for Fox News Digital)

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She returned to the basal for the 3rd time Monday. She is the 34th witnesser called by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. Once her questioning concludes, the defence squad is expected to statesman calling witnesses of its own.

Although Neely had synthetic drugs successful his strategy that she likened to cocaine, she said she did not hold for the toxicology study to state his origin and mode of decease and was adamant that helium died of asphyxiation, not cardiac arrest. He inactive had a pulse erstwhile Penny fto go.

There was nary harm to bones successful his chin, cervix oregon midline structures, she said. She recovered scrapes and bruises connected his face, neck, torso and arms, petechiae (small reddish spots caused by bleeding) successful his eyes and organ harm from his sickle compartment trait.

This undated photo, provided by Mills and Edwards, LLP, successful New York, Friday, May 12, 2023, shows Jordan Neely, left, with Carolyn Neely, an aunt.  (Courtesy Mills & Edwards, LLP via AP)

Dr. Harris' grounds began Thursday, aft Joseph Caballer, the Marine martial arts teacher who had taught Penny astir chokeholds, told the assemblage that the constituent of the maneuver is to instrumentality power of a menace until they are unconscious.

Testimony is expected to reason earlier Thanksgiving.

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If convicted of the apical complaint of manslaughter, Penny faces up to 15 years successful prison.