The trial of Daniel Penny, the former Marine charged in the death of a menacing homeless man aboard a New York City subway car, is on hold until after the Thanksgiving holidays, with closing arguments in the case expected when proceedings resume in Manhattan on Dec.

Penny held Neely in a chokehold for about six minutes — including for more than 50 seconds after Neely stopped moving — according to evidence presented in his criminal trial.

Defense attorneys began their defense of a former U.S. Marine charged with fatally choking a homeless man aboard a Manhattan subway by calling the defendant's older sister to the witness stand.

Daniel Penny has chosen not to testify at his trial in the death of an agitated man he choked on a subway train.

For weeks, Daniel Penny has sat quietly in the courtroom as prosecutors and defense attorneys have questioned other passengers who were on the subway that day, along with police, medical experts and several of Penny’s loved ones. On Friday afternoon, Penny’s attorneys rested their case without putting their client on the witness stand.

The defense rested Friday in the New York City trial of a Marine veteran in the death of a mentally ill homeless man without the defendant taking the stand, but with his attorneys making a vital point.