Prosecutors urge Minnesota Supreme Court to reject appeal by ex-officer in George Floyd's murder

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — State prosecutors have urged the Minnesota Supreme Court to reject former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin’s request to reconsider…

Chauvin’s attorney asked the state’s highest court last month to hear the case after the Minnesota Court of Appeals rejected his arguments that he had been denied a fair trial. A three-judge panel in April affirmed his conviction for second-degree murder and his 22 1/2-year sentence. In a response filed Tuesday, the attorney general’s office asked the Supreme Court to let that ruling stand.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.

Defense attorney William Morhman unsuccessfully asked the Court of Appeals to throw out the ex-officer’s conviction for a long list of reasons, including the trial judge’s decision not to move the proceedings out of Minneapolis despite massive pretrial publicity, and the potential prejudicial effects of unprecedented courthouse security.Article content

Prosecutors urged the Supreme Court not to give Chauvin a “do-over,” saying he received “one of the most thorough and transparent criminal proceedings in the history of this nation.”

 

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