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MINNEAPOLIS A key witness who was with George Floyd on the day he died has informed the court that he will invoke the Fifth Amendment if asked to testify in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial. The Hennepin County Public Defender’s Office filed a notice Wednesday on behalf of Morries Lester Hall, 42, who was one of two people in the vehicle with Floyd when police approached him due to allegations of using a fake $20 bill at Cup Foods in Minneapolis, Fox News reported.
“Mr. Morries Lester Hall, through undersigned counsel, hereby provides notice to all parties in this matter that if called to testify he will invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination,” said a notice filed by assistant public defender Adrienne Cousins. “Therefore, counsel for Mr. Hall respectfully moves this court to quash the subpoena … and release Mr. Hall from any obligations therein.”
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George Floyd’s Friend and ‘Key Witness’ in Chauvin Trial Invokes 5th Amendment, Declines to Testify
A self-described key witness to the death of George Floyd a longtime friend who was in the car with Floyd when police approached him said through a lawyer that, if forced to testify about the incident, he’ll invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and remain silent.
Morries Lester Hall, who in a June 2020 interview with The New York Times called himself “a key witness to the cops murdering George Floyd” and said he was “going to be his voice” going forward, has asked the court to squash a subpoena calling on him to testify in the trial against Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused of murder.
By Celine Castronuovo - 04/01/21 11:45 AM EDT
A friend of George Floyd who was with him the day he was killed said Wednesday that he would not testify in the ongoing trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, invoking Fifth Amendment privileges.
A notice filed by the Hennepin County Public Defender s Office said that Morries Hall, who had been identified as a potential witness by both prosecutors and defense attorneys in Chauvin’s trial, would “invoke his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination” if called to testify.
Assistant Public Defender Adrienne Cousins added that Hall, who was sitting in the front passenger seat of a vehicle with Floyd last May when he was initially questioned by police about allegedly using a fake $20 bill at a local convenience store, should thus be released from any obligations to appear in court.