The Manhattan District Attorney has officially filed to dismiss Daniel Penny’s manslaughter charge. (Bragg being sneaky)

Many speculating Bragg wants the jury to focus on the lesser charges

BREAKING: Defense in Daniel Penny case seeks to block the dismissal, likely aiming to secure a verdict

So they’re trying to save face by getting the jury to convict on the lesser charge?

Sounds like it

BREAKING: Daniel Penny’s manslaughter charge has been dismissed.

The jury is dismissed for the day and will return on Monday

So the negligent manslaughter charge is left.

That’s a big deal, as that is not normally an imprisonable offense.

Let’s hope the jury continues to deadlock on that one.

Its the JUDGE NOT THE DA.....THEY NOW ARE TOLD TO CONSIDER NDGLIGENT HOMICIDE!

Bragg knew he would NEVER be convicted of manslaughter so he hopes the jury splits the baby so to speak and convicts Penny of criminal negligent homicide

MANSLAUGHTER. NOT HOMICIDE.

I am not a lawyer, but this sounds like solid grounds for an appeal. The prosecution has already introduced a boatload of evidence that was supposed to support a manslaughter charge. How would this not be considered prejudicial evidence if that charge is now dropped? I think this would require them to start the case all over again.

This is not cause for celebration. Bragg is saying, “Okay, you can’t come to a conclusion on the manslaughter charge, fine. I WILL have my conviction, so since you can’t decide on the manslaughter conviction - which is needed before you can consider the criminal negligence charge - I will make it go away to force you to consider the criminal negligence charge. And since you want to go home for the weekend, I’m sure you’ll ‘make the right decision.’”

Bragg is pulling out all the stop to get *some* conviction, any conviction. This is BS and Penny’s defense has already filed for a mistrial based on this.

Jury can’t consider the lesser charges until they return a unanimous verdict on the manslaughter charge. If they are hung on the manslaughter charge then a mistrial will have to be declared. Never heard of dismissing a charge in the middle of jury deliberations, but this is NYC and the judicial system is so corrupt the ploy may work.

In my 40 years as an attorney, both as a prosecutor and defense attorney, I have never seen a case where the DA dismisses a charge when the jury has hung up on the greater charge. The Judge should have denied the motion. This is bush league stuff.

Exactly

The Leftist Democrat Prosecutor needs to secure a Guilty verdict, even it involves a lesser charge.

The lesser charge carries a maximum 4 year sentence.