<p>Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin asked a Minnesota appeals court on Wednesday to throw out his conviction over the death of George Floyd.</p>
<p>Chauvin is currently serving a 22.5-year prison sentence that he received in June 2021 after a jury found him guilty on charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin&#8217;s attorney, William Mohrman, told the court that his client&#8217;s trial should not have been held in Minneapolis.</p>
<p>&#8220;Our primary argument here is that this case could not be tried in Minneapolis because of the pretrial publicity which was pervasive &#8230; and also just the physical pressure on the courthouse,&#8221; Mohrman said, according to <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/01/18/1149726017/derek-chauvin-appeal-murder-george-floyd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NPR</a>.</p>
<p>The attorney wrote in a brief filed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals that the trial&#8217;s intense publicity, the public unrest and riots surrounding Floyd&#8217;s death, a $27 million settlement paid by the city of Minneapolis to Floyd&#8217;s family, and other factors justified moving the trial. Mohrman also accused prosecutors of misconduct, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/derek-chauvin-appeals-conviction-in-george-floyd-murder-arguing-trial-wasnt-fair" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>.</p>
<p>Attorney for Minnesota Neal Katyal said Chauvin&#8217;s trial was &#8220;one of the most transparent and thorough &#8230; in our nation&#8217;s history.&#8221; He said that Mohrman’s arguments &#8220;do not come close&#8221; to justifying tossing Chauvin’s convictions. &#8220;The evidence of Chauvin&#8217;s guilt was captured on video for the world to see,&#8221; he said, according to NPR.</p>
<p>Chauvin has also been sentenced to 21 years in prison for violating Floyd&#8217;s civil rights. If he were to appeal his convictions over Floyd&#8217;s death successfully, the former officer would remain in prison under the civil rights charge. Chauvin is serving each sentence concurrently at a federal prison in Arizona.</p>
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<p>The former officer is <a href="https://apnews.com/article/death-of-george-floyd-prisons-minnesota-minneapolis-d067afde1589c5175a7b553b68f7eef0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">barred</a> from appealing the federal conviction under a plea agreement he struck with prosecutors. The agreement allowed him to avoid the life sentence he was facing if convicted. It also allowed him to move out of a Minnesota state prison where he may have been at increased risk and transfer to a federal lockup.</p>
<p>Chauvin was convicted of murdering Floyd as Chauvin and several other officers attempted to arrest Floyd in May 2020. Video of the arrest showed Floyd resisting officers&#8217; commands until they subdued him on the ground. Chauvin then kneeled on Floyd&#8217;s shoulders and neck for roughly nine minutes. Video of the arrest sparked unrest and riots across major American cities.</p>

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