Former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin has requested a new trial for his
murder conviction, One year after he was convicted of murdering George Floyd,
He is now asking the Minnesota Court of Appeals to take one of three actions:
toss his conviction and send his case back to Hennepin County; reverse the result
and order a new trial in a new venue, or order Chauvin to be sentenced to a lesser
punishment.
Chauvin’s legal team filed its brief with the court on Monday, May 25.
In court documents filed this week, Chauvin’s attorney, William Mohrman, laid out a
number of challenges to his conviction, including a long-held insistence that Cahill
should have moved the trial to another venue because of massive press coverage.
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Mohrman also said witnesses weren’t properly handled and jurors were intimidated
by protests and security measures. He also alleges that prosecutorial misconduct and
other factors prevented Chauvin from getting a fair trial in the closely watched case.
Chauvin’s punishment exceeded the state’s minimum guidelines but fell short of the
30-year sentence prosecutors had been seeking. Chauvin’s attorneys say Cahill didn’t
apply the sentencing guidelines correctly. They argue, for instance, that the judge
shouldn’t have included abuse of a position of authority as an aggravating factor in
Floyd’s murder.
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