Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is continuing his legal battle against his conviction in the murder of George Floyd, filing a new appeal after a judge previously rejected his bid for a new trial. Chauvin’s legal team argues that prosecutors relied improperly on video evidence, that jury instructions were flawed, and that police officials provided false testimony. These claims were part of a post-conviction relief petition that was denied in May, with the judge citing the Knaffla rule, which generally bars post-conviction proceedings from addressing issues already decided on direct appeal or that could have been raised earlier. Chauvin’s current attorney, Gregory Joseph, who took over after the initial trial, is pushing to have these arguments reconsidered, marking another significant development in the ongoing legal fight stemming from Floyd’s death in April 2021 after Chauvin knelt on his neck for over nine minutes.
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