Posted on 05/18/2023 6:44:29 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police Officer convicted in the murder of George Floyd, is appealing his case to the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Chauvin’s lawyer, William Mohrman, on Wednesday filed a petition for review with the state’s highest court, arguing that the district judge’s decision not to move the proceedings out of the city deprived his client of a fair trial.
The petition comes a month after the Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld Chauvin’s conviction for second-degree murder and let his 22-1/2-year sentence remain in place.
Morhman had unsuccessfully asked the appeals court to throw out the ex-officer’s conviction for a long list of reasons, including the massive pretrial publicity. But the three-judge panel sided with prosecutors, who said Chauvin got a fair trial and just sentence.
Chauvin raises several of those arguments again in his latest appeal.
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The guy is a fairly despicable individual that should not have been a cop but I postulated all along that the worst he was guilty of was criminal negligence. Most cold blooded murderers don’t get 22 years. I would have given him 36 months max.
Hope not. His trial was a massive miscarriage of justice.
The Mn SC should reverse the decision on hard evidence that is readily obtained. Let the race of professional victims and enablers riot but this time treat the rioters with malice and no quarter.
The Lutefiskers will never overturn it but this puts the case in play for an appeal to SCOTUS.
fairly despicable individual
what is that based on?
Why don’t you tell me why he’s not a despicable individual. I’m all ears.
He should appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. His civil rights were grievously and willfully trampled. To be held accountable for the overdose death of a career criminal is outrageous.
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