MINNEAPOLIS – The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd’s death filed his own appeal for his conviction and sentence, saying the judge abused his discretion or erred during several key points in the case.
Derek Chauvin said he intends to appeal on 14 grounds. Among them, he claims Judge Peter Cahill abused his discretion when he denied Chauvin’s request to move the trial out of Hennepin County due to pretrial publicity.
In the filing, Chauvin states he is out of money and “unrepresented by legal counsel in connection with the appeal.” He said he was denied representation by a public defender and is asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to review that decision. He also said the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis no longer represents him now that he was convicted.
Chauvin was convicted earlier this year on state charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s 2020 death. He was sentenced to 22 1/2 years.
