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In his newest fight against the judicial system, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is demanding the court reconsider his push for a new trial.
Court documents say Chauvin recently filed an appeal against a judge’s decision denying his petition for post-conviction relief.
Chauvin was convicted of the murder of George Floyd in April 2021. Records show the former officer kneeled on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds while Floyd was face down and handcuffed on the ground; Floyd suffered a fatal lack of oxygen to the brain.
In this June 25, 2021, file image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)
EX-MINNEAPOLIS OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN, CONVICTED OF GEORGE FLOYD MURDER, FILES FOR NEW TRIAL
On June 29, Chauvin, represented by criminal defense attorney Gregory Joseph, filed an appeal of a judge’s denial, made on May 1.
George Floyd died in Minnesota in May 2020. (Courtesy Benjamin Crump via TMX.news)
“None of the claims raised in this Petition for Post-Conviction Relief warrant relief,” the 41-page order read.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is handcuffed to be led away after a jury found him guilty of all charges in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis April 20, 2021. (Pool via Reuters)
The judge denied Chauvin’s entire post-conviction petition more than five months after it was initially filed in November 2025.
The petition’s arguments include prosecutors improperly relying on video evidence, jury instructions being legally flawed and police officials giving false testimony, among others.
George Floyd died after an encounter with four Minneapolis police officers. (AP)
In the May 1 order, the judge repeatedly applied Minnesota’s Knaffla rule, which generally prevents defendants from using post-conviction proceedings to raise issues that were already decided on direct appeal or could have been raised earlier but were not.
Protesters rally over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis May 29, 2020, in New York. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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The judge concluded that essentially every one of Chauvin’s claims fit into one of those two categories.
Joseph was not Chauvin’s defense attorney for his initial trial, KTTC reported. Joseph has represented him since his conviction and continued appeal efforts.