Judges have rejected Derek Chauvin’s request for a new trial. The former Minneapolis police officer was convicted of second-degree murder for the death of George Floyd in 2020.
Former police officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction for the murder of George Floyd was upheld by an appeals court in Minnesota
Chauvin was found guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter on April 20, 2021. He was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison. On Monday, a panel of three judges at the Minnesota Court of Appeals rejected Chauvin’s request for a new trial.Chauvin filed an appeal shortly after his state conviction. William Mohrman, an attorney for Chauvin, argued that Judge Peter Cahill committed errors by refusing the defendant’s requests to move the trial out of Minneapolis and sequester the jury due to extensive media coverage.
The appeals court found that Judge Cahill took proper precautions by sequestering potential jurors during jury selection and by banning video and audio recordings of the pre-trial proceedings.Chauvin also argued that as a police officer he could not be convicted of the crime of unintentional murder because he was authorized to use force to arrest resisting suspectings.
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