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Court dismisses prosecution’s appeal to delay Derek Chauvin trial, try all four ex-cops together
Prosecutors filed a motion asking Judge Peter Cahill to reconsider his order and try all the defendants together in the summer. They cited COVID-19 concerns and that it was unlawful to sever Chauvin from the other defendants. But Cahill denied their motion. Prosecutors filed their appeal on Jan. 28.
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Former Minneapolis police officers (clockwise from top left) Derek Chauvin, Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng are seen in a combination of booking photographs from the Minnesota Department of Corrections and Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis. (Minnesota Department of Corrections and Hennepin County Sheriff s Office / Handout via REUTERS / file photo)
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Prosecutors filed a motion asking Judge Peter Cahill to reconsider his order and try all the defendants together in the summer. They cited COVID-19 concerns and that it was unlawful to sever Chauvin from the other defendants. But Cahill denied their motion. Prosecutors filed their appeal on Jan. 28.
Court of Appeals won’t intervene in Derek Chauvin trial
MINNEAPOLIS The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Friday that it would not intervene in the case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with killing George Floyd, and delay his trial from March until the summertime as prosecutors had requested.
Attorney General Keith Ellison’s Office filed an appeal in late January asking the Court of Appeals to review rulings issued by Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill that ordered Chauvin to be tried alone starting March 8 on charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter.
Prosecutors argued that the Covid-19 pandemic made it unsafe to hold Chauvin’s trial in March. They asked the Court of Appeals to hold a hearing so they could argue their case orally, or, to skip a hearing and immediately issue a “writ of prohibition” to stop the trial.