NYC, Neely and chokehold

Pathologist disputes that Daniel Penny's chokehold caused Jordan Neely's subway death
A forensic pathologist disputes a New York City medical examiner’s determination that former Marine Daniel Penny killed another man by placing him in a chokehold on a subway train last year.
Daniel Penny’s defense centers on disputing Jordan Neely’s cause of death on NYC subway
The defense has rested its case in the trial of Daniel Penny, the former Marine who held Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on the New York City subway last year, after four days of witness testimony.
Defense pathologist says Jordan Neely didn't die of chokehold on NYC subway
Jordan Neely died from the “combined effects” of a number of a factors, not a chokehold, a forensic pathologist hired by Daniel Penny’s attorneys testified Thursday.
Daniel Penny won’t testify on his own behalf in manslaughter trial — as defense rests with testimony about Neely’s open warrant
Penny’s decision not to testify means that jurors will not hear him explain why he kept Neely — who witnesses said delivered an “unhinged” rant toward passengers on the Manhattan F train — in a nearly six-minute-long chokehold on May 1, 2023.
Victim Jordan Neely suffered from schizophrenia, wild mood swings, psychiatrist testifies at Daniel Penny trial
The testimony came as defense lawyers to put the homeless man's mental health history at the center of the second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide case against Daniel Penny, a West Islip native.
Jordan Neely had severe schizophrenia, expert testifies at NYC subway chokehold trial
A psychiatric expert testifying in Daniel Penny’s defense said Jordan Neely had one of the most severe histories of paranoid schizophrenia he has ever reviewed.
Jordan Neely’s cause of death wasn’t Daniel Penny chokehold — but ‘combined effects’ of drugs, struggle and schizophrenia: defense expert
Dr. Satish Chundru, a forensic pathologist based in Texas, told jurors in Manhattan Supreme Court that Neely's autopsy records and video of the fatal F train altercation in May 2023 didn't show signs typical of known chokehold deaths.
Bragg's office vies to suppress Jordan Neely's drug abuse, psyche records in Marine vet's chokehold trial
Manhattan prosecutors do not want Daniel Penny's jurors to hear from a defense expert who would weigh in on Jordan Neely's drug use and psychiatric outbursts.
Daniel Penny doesn't testify as his defense rests in Jordan Neely case
New York – Daniel Penny chose not to testify and defense lawyers rested their case Friday at his trial in the death of an agitated man he choked on a subway train. Closing arguments are expected after Thanksgiving in the closely watched manslaughter case about the death of Jordan Neely, 30.
Man Who Restrained Jordan Neely Along with Daniel Penny Said He Helped So Defendant Would 'Let Go'
Daniel Penny has been charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide following a May 2023 incident on a New York City subway resulting in the death of Jordan Neely.
Defense medical examiner says Jordan Neely didn’t die from chokehold on NYC subway
Jordan Neely did not die from Daniel Penny’s chokehold, a medical examiner hired by the defense testified Thursday at Penny’s criminal trial in Manhattan.
Daniel Penny defense rests as final witness reveals Jordan Neely had open warrant, defendant doesn't testify
NEW YORK – The defense has rested its case in Daniel Penny's New York City manslaughter trial – after the final witness took ...
The house-of-cards case against Daniel Penny is falling apart
On Friday the defense rested in the Daniel Penny trial, leaving many observers to ask what Manhattan District Attorney Alvin ...