Attorneys for Daniel Penny, who is standing trial on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the May 2023 chokehold death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man on the New York City subway, rested their case Friday.

The jury is expected to hear closing arguments and start deliberations after Thanksgiving.

Neely, 30, a Michael Jackson impersonator with a history of mental illness, had been behaving erratically but not violently, prosecutors said, on an F train he and Penny were both on when Penny threw him to the ground and put him in a chokehold for six minutes. They said Penny’s actions turned criminal when he kept choking Neely, even after he no longer posed a threat.

If Penny is convicted of manslaughter, the more serious charge, he could face up to 15 years in prison.