WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of his conviction for the murder of George Floyd during a 2020 arrest, which sparked widespread protests against police brutality and racism.
The justices turned away Chauvin’s appeal that he filed after a Minnesota appellate court upheld his 2021 murder conviction and rejected his request for a new trial. Chauvin had argued that jury bias and certain rulings by the presiding judge deprived him of his right to a fair trial under the U.S. Constitution’s Sixth Amendment.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The justices turned away Chauvin’s appeal that he filed after a Minnesota appellate court upheld his 2021 murder conviction and rejected his request for a new trial.
Chauvin had argued that jury bias and certain rulings by the presiding judge deprived him of his right to a fair trial under the U.S. Constitution’s Sixth Amendment.
The guilty verdict marked a milestone in the fraught racial history of the United States and a rebuke of law enforcement’s treatment of Black Americans.
On appeal in 2022, Chauvin’s lawyer, William Mohrman, argued that Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill made multiple errors.
Chauvin’s attorney urged the Supreme Court to grant the appeal to consider whether jurors had been biased by a desire to avoid the “threat of harm to the community if a guilty verdict was not reached.”
Chauvin on Nov. 13 filed a motion seeking to overturn that conviction based on what he claims is new evidence showing that Floyd’s death resulted from an underlying medical condition.
The original article contains 502 words, the summary contains 165 words. Saved 67%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
