Chauvin appealed his second-degree murder conviction and requested a public defender to represent him on appeal. The Minnesota Supreme Court denied Chauvin’s request for a public defender, ruling that his financial state rendered him ineligible. Chauvin later hired attorney William Mohrman to represent him.[99] In April 2022, Chauvin appealed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals, asking the court to reverse his conviction and order a new trial, in a new venue, claiming that the jury of the case in the state had been “intimidated by excessive pre-trial publicity”.[100] Chauvin’s lawyer further stated that the settlement reached between the city of Minneapolis and the Floyd family for $27 million during jury selection amounted to prejudice.[101] In April 2023, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals issued a 50-page decision affirming the conviction.[102] Chauvin asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to review the case, but was denied in July 2023.[103]

Chauvin’s lawyer asked the Supreme Court of the United States to review the case.[104] The appeal centered on the claim by Chauvin that he did not receive a fair trial due to pre-trial publicity and that potential civil unrest if he was acquitted may have influenced the jury.[105] In an interview from prison for a documentary released on November 16, 2023 by the right-wing[106] media organization Alpha News, Chauvin said, “At the end of the day, the whole trial including sentencing was a sham.”[107] The Supreme Court declined to hear Chauvin’s case on November 20, 2023,[108] which left in place the state court rulings that affirmed his conviction and for his sentence of 22+1⁄2 years in prison.[17]

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