A person can only be charged with third-degree murder when the mental state of the person responsible demonstrates a 'generalized indifference to human life,' the Supreme Court wrote in the ruling.
A person can only be charged with third degree murder, also referred to as"depraved-mind murder," when the mental state of the person responsible demonstrates a"generalized indifference to human life, which cannot exist when the defendant's conduct is directed with particularity at the person who is killed," the Supreme Court wrote in the Wednesday ruling.
The ruling could give Chauvin a base to contest his own conviction for the charge, but even if successfully overturned, it would not impact the 22 1/2 years the former officer is serving for second degree murder. Chauvin is unlikely to successfully appeal and overturn the more serious second-degree murder conviction, experts have said.
The ruling means his murder conviction is overturned and the case will now go back to the district court, where he will be sentenced on the manslaughter count. He has already served more than 28 months of his murder sentence. If sentenced to the presumptive four years for manslaughter, he could be eligible for supervised release around the end of this year.
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