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Chauvin trial footnotes (3) I have posted two previous editions of footnotes to our coverage of the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. My purpose here is to provide background on the legal issues in the case for those who seek to understand them. If you are certain that the issues constitute nothing more than a smokescreen for a predetermined outcome, these footnotes are not for you. I post these footnotes in the form of bullet points and differentiate facts and law from (my) opinion. Previous editions are included below under May 2 and April 25. Today I want to add a fe...

Chauvin trial footnotes (2) Last Sunday I posted a few footnotes to our coverage of the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. I posted the footnotes in the form of bullet points. Last week’s footnotes are included below under April 25. Today I want to add footnotes in the same form and keep this going as warranted: • Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder and two lesser included offenses. Minnesota law (i.e., Minn. Stat. § 609.035) follows a “single behavioral incident” rule precluding additional punishment for the same “conduct.” See, e.g., the Minnesota ...

Copy shortlink: After a year of mostly virtual operation, Minnesota's federal courts are moving back into the real world. Criminal and civil trials will resume in the state's U.S. District courtrooms beginning Monday, a sign that the COVID-19 pandemic's grip on the justice system is loosening. On March 13, 2020, Chief Judge John Tunheim issued an order suspending in-person trials, grand jury proceedings and attorney swearing-in ceremonies, an unprecedented move in Minnesota's federal courts system, in response to early reports of infections in the state. Tunheim has fo...

If we played the Movie Pitch game, we’d call this Groundhog Day meets  Flap. The Twin Cities might end up with at least two more trials over the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers. The Star Tribune’s Andy Mannix reported yesterday that the Department of Justice plans to ask a grand jury to indict all four officers involved on federal civil-rights violations, including the just-convicted Derek Chauvin: Now, with Chauvin’s state trial out of the way, federal prosecutors are moving forward with their case. They plan to ask a grand jury to indict Chauvin and the other ...

Feds plan to indict Chauvin, 3 other officers Ex-cop would face federal charges in two cases; three others just in Floyd case.  April 28, 2021 — 7:42pm Text size Copy shortlink: Leading up to Derek Chauvin's murder trial, Justice Department officials had spent months gathering evidence to indict the ex-Minneapolis police officer on federal police brutality charges, but they feared the publicity frenzy could disrupt the state's case. So they came up with a contingency plan: If Chauvin were found not guilty ...