An attorney for Derek Chauvin has asked an appeals court to throw out the former Minneapolis police officer's convictions in the murder of George Floyd
during jury selection, and the sealing off of the courthouse, were just some of the factors prejudicing Chauvin's chance of a fair trial.
He was questioned during jury selection about whether he had participated in any demonstrations or marches “in Minneapolis” against police brutality after Floyd's death. But Chauvin's original attorney, Eric Nelson, did not ask whether he had participated in any marches elsewhere. Reyes said judges have “fairly broad discretion” in conducting trials, and that Nelson questioned the juror and could have struck him but did not. Reyes said case law puts the burden for asking the right questions on the defense.
In their brief, prosecutors said pretrial publicity had blanketed the state making a change of venue for the trial pointless. They also said Cahill took sufficient steps to shield the jurors from outside influences so there was no need to sequester them before deliberations.legally permissible to convict Chauvin of third-degree murder,
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