Prosecutors in the case against Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd asked this week that the trial be delayed by 3 months.
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Prospective jurors in George Floyd s murder trial were sent a 16-page questionnaire asking how many times they watched the video of his death, it has been revealed.
They were asked if they took part in Black Lives Matter protests in the questionnaire filed to Minnesota District Court Tuesday.
Four former Minneapolis Police officers accused of contributing to Floyd s death on May 25 are up for trial in three months.
The trial of Derek Chauvin, 44, Thomas Lane, 37, J. Alexander Kueng, 26, and Tou Thao, 34, is scheduled for March 2021.
Revelations about the trial s questionnaire come after Judge Peter Cahill upheld his decision to livestream the trial last Friday.
Prosecutors in Floyd case deny defense claims that they delayed sharing evidence Prosecutors say motion to delay trial is an attempt by defense attorneys to buy more time. December 19, 2020 5:47pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Prosecutors in the George Floyd case shot back Friday at claims that they delayed sharing important evidence with defense attorneys for months, saying they turned over the documents in question within days of receiving them while calling the accusation a ploy from the defense to buy more time.
Robert and Natalie Paule, who represent former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao, filed the motion last week asking Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill to move the trial ahead four months, from March 8 to July 5, because of the delays.
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A defense attorney for the ex-Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd accused prosecutors of mishandling how they share evidence with the defense including burying important information in between irrelevant material, providing duplicates of the same item and turning over thousands of pages of unrelated documents.
Eric Nelson, who represents Derek Chauvin, filed a motion and affidavit Monday accusing Attorney General Keith Ellison s office of delaying his progress in Chauvin s case. With every single round of discovery that has been disclosed there have been numerous problems and issues involving the manner in which the state disclosed it, Nelson wrote. …Substantive evidence is often hay stacked between other information.