Derek Chauvin is appealing his conviction for the murder of George Floyd
Derek Chauvin APPEALS his conviction for the murder of George Floyd to the Minneapolis Supreme Court after arguing that depriving him of due process by trying him near the scene of a black man’s murder
- Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted in April 2021 of the May 2020 murder of George Floyd, kneeling on his neck during his arrest
- Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison and is currently behind bars in Arizona
- On Wednesday, he filed an appeal with the Minnesota Supreme Court, arguing that he was denied a fair trial by the district judge’s decision not to move the trial
Derek Chauvin on Wednesday appealed his conviction for the murder of George Floyd, arguing that he was deprived of a fair trial by the decision not to move proceedings to another city.
Chauvin was convicted in April 2021 of the May 2020 murder of Floyd.
The former Minneapolis police officer knelt on Floyd’s neck during his arrest, despite Floyd’s pleas that he couldn’t breathe.
Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison in June 2021 and has been behind bars in Arizona ever since.
On Wednesday, Chauvin filed a case in the Minnesota Supreme Court alleging that he had not received a fair trial.
Chauvin was featured in videos recorded by shocked onlookers kneeling on handcuffed Floyd’s neck for over nine minutes in May 2020
The petition came a month after Chauvin lost his appeal to the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
His attorney, William Mohrman, argued that the sentencing was unfair for multiple reasons, including the massive publicity leading up to the trial and the intense public feeling in the city of Minneapolis.
But the three-judge panel last month sided with prosecutors who said Chauvin received a fair trial and a just sentence.
His final appeal repeats some of the same arguments.