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(Photo : Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) Minneapolis Braces For Verdict In Derek Chauvin Trial
ST. PAUL, MN - APRIL 19: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks during a press conference about public safety as the Derek Chauvin murder trial goes to jury deliberations on April 19, 2021 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Closing statements were heard today in the trial of the former Minneapolis Police officer who is charged with multiple counts of murder in the death of George Floyd.
Derek Chauvin s lawyer has requested a motion for a new trial, citing jury misconduct and the court s abuse of jurisdiction, just two weeks after he was convicted of George Floyd s death. In a petition filed in Hennepin County District Court in Minnesota, attorney Eric Nelson said that the court deprived Chauvin of a fair trial.
Derek Chauvin’s lawyer filed a motion Tuesday to grant the former Minneapolis police officer a new trial, alleging a range of misconduct Chauvin’s team argues compromised the fairness of the high-profile proceeding that resulted in his three convictions for murder and manslaughter for the death of George Floyd. Such a filing is customary for a defendant following a conviction and reiterates some of the lines of objection articulated during the trial by Chauvin’s attorney Eric Nelson. The principal complaints, offered in the motion without any substantiating evidence, centered on how Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill conducted the trial, the jury’s makeup, as well as the environment around the jury panel’s decision-making process. The motion is considered routine and legal experts have generally downplayed its chances of success, as the courts set a high har to overturn a jury decision. The motion is, however, likely indicative of what will be the basis of C
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Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, center, is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, looks on, after the verdicts were read at Chauvin’s trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn.
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MINNEAPOLIS Derek Chauvin’s defense on Tuesday moved to have the former Minneapolis police officer receive a new murder trial, alleging misconduct by prosecutors and the judge before guilty verdicts on murder and manslaughter charges were handed down two weeks ago.