Testimony last week was dominated by expert witnesses saying Floyd died from a lack of oxygen, not the drugs and heart disease that Chauvin s attorney says are to blame.
Will Derek Chauvin testify? A defense attorney says ‘the jury needs to hear from him, that’s the bottom line’
Updated Apr 11, 2021;
Posted Apr 11, 2021
In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson and defendant Derek Chauvin listened before jury selection at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. (Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)TNS
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MINNEAPOLIS As former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s defense presents its case this week against charges that he murdered George Floyd, a question looms over his trial: Will Chauvin testify in his own defense?
Under the U.S. Constitution, defendants have a right to refrain from testifying without penalty, but some local attorneys said there are compelling reasons for Chauvin to get on the witness stand.
The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death enters its third week Monday, with the state nearing the end of a case built on searing witness accounts, official rejections of the neck restraint and expert testimony attributing Floyd's death to a lack of oxygen.
The judge in the George Floyd murder case refused a defense request to immediately sequester the jury Monday, the morning after the killing of a Black man
US News: The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd 's death enters its third week Monday, with the state nearing the end of a ca