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The prosecutors are trying to have third-degree murder charges reinstated, which could delay the trial.
MN Appeals Court To Hear Oral Arguments To Reinstate 3rd-Degree Murder For Derek Chauvin – WCCO | CBS Minnesota (cbslocal.com)
March 8 is the start date, beginning with jury selection (mpls downtown trial information - mpls downtown council):
By the time this ends, it'll be warming up and time for another round of summer protests.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — City officials in Minneapolis plan to give another update Wednesday on their preparations for the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer accused of murdering George Floyd.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Metro Transit officials and other leaders are expected to detail how they are getting the city ready for the highly-anticipated proceedings.
Last week, leaders said that there’ll be increasing law enforcement present in the city throughout the trial. At the time the verdict is read, up to 2,000 National Guard members could be on duty alongside 1,100 law enforcement officers from several jurisdictions. Already, security perimeters have been put up downtown around Hennepin County Government Center and Minneapolis City Hall.
The trial is slated to start in less than two weeks. Chauvin faces charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death. Three other former officers are also facing charges of aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter; their trial is currently scheduled for later this year.
The prosecutors are trying to have third-degree murder charges reinstated, which could delay the trial.
MN Appeals Court To Hear Oral Arguments To Reinstate 3rd-Degree Murder For Derek Chauvin – WCCO | CBS Minnesota (cbslocal.com)
Joe Tamburino, a criminal defense attorney not affiliated with the case, said this development is “unheard of.”
“I have never seen this before — the biggest case in Minnesota history, the first televised, the world is going to be watching and it starts on March 8. And a week before that, on March 1, they are going to be having oral arguments at the Court of Appeals,” Tamburino said.
Tamburino says the prosecution wants third-degree murder charges back in “because it’s easier to prove than second-degree unintentional murder.”
March 8 is the start date, beginning with jury selection (mpls downtown trial information - mpls downtown council):
Currently, the trial of Derek Chauvin is scheduled to begin on March 8, 2021, with jury selection. Jury selection could run through March 26, 2021. Opening statements and the commencement of the State’s case will begin no earlier than March 29, 2021. Three other former Minneapolis police officers will be tried together, in a separate trial, beginning Aug. 23, 2021.
By the time this ends, it'll be warming up and time for another round of summer protests.