Prosecutors Ask Court To Reject Derek Chauvin Defense Team’s Request For New Trial
The Minnesota protectors overseeing the Derek Chauvin case are asking the court to reject the former officer’s defense tea,s request for a new trial.
“The State firmly opposes Defendant’s post-verdict motions,” the motion says. “The jury unanimously convicted Defendant of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter based on the overwhelming evidence establishing Defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
The state challenged claims made by Chauvin’s attorney’s that he should have been tried in another county outside of Hennepin, because of juror misconduct and bias, however, the prosecution says that their claims are irrelevant because of publicity of the murder was all over the world.
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“As a result, the entire world soon became aware of what had transpired on the corner of East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue,” the state added. “There is no reason to believe that any part of this State was less impacted by pretrial publicity. Similarly, regardless of when this case was tried, it was always going to attract enormous attention. Under these circumstances, the law recognizes that changing venue or continuing the trial would not have had meaningfully lessened jurors’ exposure to pretrial publicity.”