The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday upheld the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd during a 2020 arrest, rejecting Chauvin's request for a new trial.
The panel of three judges rejected Chauvin's argument that the judge in his 2021 state trial made multiple errors and abused his discretion, including a decision to deny Chauvin's request to move the trial outside of Minneapolis.
Chauvin was sentenced to 22-1/2 years in prison. In December 2021, Chauvin pleaded guilty in federal court to charges he violated George Floyd's civil rights. Because of extensive pre-trial publicity, the judge should have agreed to Chauvin's motions to move the trial outside Minneapolis and sequester the jury, Mohrman argued. A bystander's cellphone video of a prone Floyd pleading for his life before falling limp beneath Chauvin's knee was widely circulated, drawing outrage around the world.
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