Posted on 05/04/2021 3:05:57 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Attorney Eric Nelson has filed a motion for a new trial for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.
Nelson filed the motion on the grounds of juror misconduct, and that the court abused its discretion for failing to agree to the defense’s requests for a change of venue and sequestering the jury.
The filing comes in the midst of a controversy surrounding a photo of juror Brandon Mitchell at the March on Washington last August, which included speeches from George Floyd’s family members. He is seen wearing a T-shirt that says “Get Your Knee Off Our Necks.” In his juror questionnaire, Mitchell wrote that he had not attended any protests over police brutality. Mitchell told WCCO Monday that he was at the march in support of ramping up voter turnout for the 2020 presidential election.
“Either way, I was going to D.C. for this event, even if George Floyd was still alive,” Mitchell said.
On April 20, the jury in Chauvin’s trial found him guilty on all three counts of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
It took the jury roughly 10 hours of deliberation to reach their verdict, including about four hours on the first day and another six hours on the second day.
(Excerpt) Read more at minnesota.cbslocal.com ...
bttt
The judge could have done everyone a favor by declaring a mistrial after Maxine Waters’ comments.
Turn it all back on her.
No surprise. The chances of success are very slim but still worth filing the motion.
I have no allegiance to Chauvin....too many people die while in custody of the cops....but this trial was a mockery of justice...not just a mockery....an abomination.
Thanks for that.
He claims he doesn’t remember either owning or wearing that particular shirt.
That trial was a travesty.
He should have added Mad Max into the filing
There is no expectation it will be granted, but provides the opportunity to ensure that all i’s are dotted and t’s crossed before filing an appeal.
New trial should be automatic after the racist mobs promised to attack innocents if he wasn’t found guilty.
The juror lied..with Scott Peterson..his death sentence was overturned because a juror didnt reveal that she was the victim of domestic violence..so with the Chauvin trial, the whole case can be overturned because the juror lied..will it happen, who knows
trial was held for one reason...to convict and make blacks happy. totally political.
You also have the alternate juror say they voted guilty to avoid riot.
In a just America the juror would be charged with obstruction of justice and forgery (sworn falsification).
But he didn't want his house burned down.
Don’t forget perjury.
Will any court accept an appeal?
Even SCOTUS won’t touch it now. Roberts is too a-scared of BLM
Well the juror is a black BLM lover so the commie media will rush to his defense even though he committed PERJURY but heck Hunter Biden LIED on his background check application and got away with it so..
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