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Judge will not admit evidence about Floyd’s criminal history, past drug use in Chauvin trial


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The judge presiding over the George Floyd case will not hear evidence about Floyd's history with drugs and overdose. He also barred four prosecutors from the trial, citing "sloppy" work.

Kyle Hooten

September 12, 2020

Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill will not allow some records related to George Floyd’s history with drug abuse and crime to be admitted as evidence in the trial of four ex-Minneapolis police officers who stand accused of murdering him.

Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck as he died, is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. His three colleagues are each charged with aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter.

The officers’ first in-person hearing related to the Floyd case occurred Friday. During the hearing, the presiding judge ruled that some information about Floyd’s past will not be admissible in the officers’ trial.

Specifically, evidence pertaining to a 2019 incident during which Floyd reportedly overdosed in Minneapolis and later admitted to “daily” drug use as well as a criminal complaint that alleges he robbed a woman at gunpoint is barred from the courtroom.

“What possible relevance could that have?” Judge Cahill said of the defense’s motion to include the evidence, according to WCCO.

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The judge presiding over the George Floyd case will not hear evidence about Floyd's history with drugs and overdose. He also barred four prosecutors from the trial, citing "sloppy" work.

Kyle Hooten

September 12, 2020

Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill will not allow some records related to George Floyd’s history with drug abuse and crime to be admitted as evidence in the trial of four ex-Minneapolis police officers who stand accused of murdering him.

Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck as he died, is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. His three colleagues are each charged with aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter.

The officers’ first in-person hearing related to the Floyd case occurred Friday. During the hearing, the presiding judge ruled that some information about Floyd’s past will not be admissible in the officers’ trial.

Specifically, evidence pertaining to a 2019 incident during which Floyd reportedly overdosed in Minneapolis and later admitted to “daily” drug use as well as a criminal complaint that alleges he robbed a woman at gunpoint is barred from the courtroom.

“What possible relevance could that have?” Judge Cahill said of the defense’s motion to include the evidence, according to WCCO.

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😖 (I see the head banging emoji is no longer there)

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Random thoughts on the Floyd case

Scott Johnson

Sept. 13 2020

Is it possible for any of the four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd to receive a fair trial? In Minneapolis? If not in Minneapolis, anywhere else in Minnesota? Is it possible that a Hennepin County jury won’t have the external effects of not guilty verdicts in mind when they retire to deliberate?

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Chao Xiong reported on the motion hearing for the Star Tribune in “Judge disqualifies some prosecutors for ‘sloppy’ work in George Floyd case.” Jon Collins and Brandt Williams reported on the hearing for MPR in “George Floyd killing: Judge disqualifies Freeman from cops’ trial.”

The headlines refer to Judge Cahill’s disqualification of prosecutors including Assistant Hennepin County Attorneys Amy Sweasy and Patrick Lofton from the case. As I understand it, they had already withdrawn from the case this past June. Sweasy and Lofton successfully prosecuted the case against former Officer Mohamed Noor last year. Sweasy is in incredibly talented prosecutor. Whether or not Cahill reverses himself on his disqualification order, Sweasy won’t be prosecuting the case. My guess (and that’s all it is) is that she doesn’t want to play second fiddle to Ellison.

The charges against the officers proceed in an atmosphere of mob justice. Perhaps Ellison is the man for the job after all. We are one step removed from The Ox-Bow Incident. TMZ covered this aspect of the case here on Friday. The video in the tweet below provides a glimpse of the gauntlet defendants and their attorneys are walking.

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