![]() There were reports in February that Chauvin had been prepared to plead guilty to third-degree murder, an announcement during jury selection that Minneapolis reached a $27 million settlement with Floyd’s family, and the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by a police officer in nearby Brooklyn Center, which happened during Chauvin’s trial and sparked days of protests. Nelson said intense publicity - both before the trial and due to events during it - tainted the jury pool and prejudiced the jury against his client. “He’s zealously representing his client, as we are ethically bound to do,” Hunter said. He also has to present these issues in the trial court, if he wants to raise them on appeal. Since Cahill already ruled on most of these issues, Hunter and other experts said he probably won't overturn himself. It's unlikely a new trial will be granted. “It’s almost as if Eric is sort of repackaging all of the major objections he made throughout the trial into one brief and putting them back in front of (Judge Peter) Cahill one more time and asking him to reconsider,” said Brock Hunter, a Minneapolis defense attorney who has followed the case. ![]() ![]() Nelson alleges all of these factors deprived Chauvin of his right to a fair trial. He also takes issue with the addition of a third-degree murder charge and with the state's cumulative evidence about the use of force. He takes issue with the fact that records weren't made of sidebar discussions between attorneys and the judge, and he says the court abused its discretion by not allowing a man who was with Floyd on the day he died to testify. Nelson’s request for a new trial covers everything from the extensive publicity of the case to allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, arguing the state “belittled” Nelson's defense by calling his arguments “stories.”
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