Posted on 04/12/2021 11:24:54 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The judge in the George Floyd murder case refused a defense request to immediately sequester the jury Monday, the morning after the killing of a Black man during a traffic stop triggered unrest in a suburb just outside Minneapolis.
The request came from the attorney for former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin. Defense attorney Eric Nelson argued that the jurors could be influenced by the prospect of what might happen as a result of their verdict.
“Ultimately, your honor, the question becomes will the jury be competent to make a decision regardless of the potential outcome of their decision,” Nelson said.
Judge Peter Cahill said he will not sequester the jury until next Monday, when he anticipates closing arguments will begin. He also denied a defense request to question jurors about what they might have seen about unrest following Sunday’s police shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center. …
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The jury is the determiner of the facts of the case.
The fact in issue is the cause of death.
The fact question is : What was theproximate cause of death?
The toxicologist reprot will be crucial.Lets hope they have the blood born evidence, That will be incontrovertible as fact.
The experts will testify what the effect of that level of drug in Floyd’s system would be.
The Defendant has a good case, IF the jurors can be brave and unprejudiced as determiners of fact.I have my doubts about that because they were not sequestered.
BTW, Anne Coulter has an interesting take:
MINNEAPOLIS VS. THE EVIDENCE
ANN COULTER COM ^ | April 7, 2021 | Ann Coulter
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3950042/posts
Too funny. Too true.
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