The judge overseeing Derek Chauvin’s murder trial rejected a motion from the defense to acquit the former Minneapolis police officer.
Such requests are routine in criminal cases, although Judge Peter Cahill dismissed the defense’s argument that the state had failed to prove Chauvin was responsible for George Floyd’s death.
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