Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer, held responsible for murdering George Floyd in 2020, has filed to appeal his conviction.
It’s been just one year since Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd, and now he’s asking the Minnesota Court of Appeals to overturn his conviction. Last June, Chauvin was found guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. He was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison.
In the 82-page document, which was filed on Monday, Chauvin and his legal team claim several factors in the case and trial they claim made the proceedings “structurally defective.” The filing lists protests that took place outside of the courthouse as one of their examples.
NPR reports that Chauvin wants one of three things to happen as part of his appeal: Chauvin be given a lesser punishment, throw out his conviction completely and defer his case back to Hennepin County, or reverse the conviction and order a new trial in a different setting.
