MINNEAPOLIS – The attorney for the Minneapolis police officer convicted in the 2020 death of George Floyd expressed disappointment that the Minnesota Supreme Curt declined to hear an appeal. The attorney, William Mohrmann, had argued that news coverage had made a fair trial impossible. “This criminal trial generated the most amount of pretrial publicity in history,” Morhmann told the Associated Press. “More concerning are the riots which occurred after George Floyd’s death and led the jurors to all express concerns for their safety in the event they acquitted Mr. Chauvin.” Mohrman said to expect an appeal now to the U.S. Supreme Court.
