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Evidence Fall 2022

Excerpt from State's Motion in Limine in State of Minnesota v. Derek Michael Chauvin

In the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer who murdered George Floyd, the government filed a motion in limine to exclude evidence from the trial. In this excerpt from that motion, you will see the government’s argument that (1) evidence about the police department’s decision to fire Derek Chauvin the day after Mr. Floyd was killed should be excluded; and (2) evidence about the civil suit filed by Mr. Floyd’s family against Derek Chauvin and the City of Minneapolis should be excluded.

(A link to the full, unexcerpted motion is available here. Below I have pasted in pages 13-20 from the motion)