veteran turned himself into new york city place in the killing of a homeless man on the subway. manhattan district attorney s office says they are charge 24-year-old daniel penny with manslaughter. his lawyer just spoke outside the police precinct. good morning. daniel penny surrendered at the fifth precinct at the request of the new york county district attorney s office. he did so voluntarily and with the dignity that is characteristic of his history of service to this grateful nation. the case had now go to court. we expect an arraignment will occur this afternoon and the process will unfold from there. let s bring in former manhattan assistant district attorney jeremy soland. i want to start with the basic.
when are you going to decide on any possible appeal of that decision? as i said, i ll be in washington, d.c. later this week, and i ll be meeting with my counsel at that time, and we ll review the judge s decision and we ll determine the best way forward. again, i have nothing to hide. at the end of the day, we ll obey the law but right now we re evaluating what the proper course is going forward. joining me now nbc correspondents garrett haake, and vaughn hillyard. and jeremy soland, and former u.s. attorney and nbc news legal analyst joyce vance. everybody, welcome. garrett, i m going to start with you. you re back in d.c. today, which says a lot to me about what we can expect from the d.a.? reporter: i m glad you think that. the d.a. can t operate independently from my travel schedule, but put me on team cautious here when it comes to the d.a. s schedule.
places about the specifics of this case. jeremy, i want to ask you about cohen, but i first want to ask you about the statute of limitations that trump s attorney has brought up. the grand jury was seated in january. it s a six-month grand jury, there s time for that. in terms of the statute of limitations for this case, can you explain where we are in that statute? i know it s a five-year statute that s happened in 2016. where does this leave us? we re past five years. but there s an exception. certainly. we have a two-year statute on the misdemeanor. assuming this indictment, it s five years. the question that will be litigated, when the former president was in washington, did that stop the clock from ticking? so during that extended period of time, was that countable towards the statute of limitations or not, and i m sure and confident that if he was indicted, that defense team is going to say, i m sorry, d.a.