Prosecutors want to add the third charge following an appeals court ruling in February. Chauvin was convicted last month of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and manslaughter and is awaiting sentencing. The issue of the third-degree murder count has been complicated in this case. In that case, the court upheld the third-degree murder conviction for former officer Mohamed Noor in the 2017 shooting death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond. The panel ruled that a third-degree murder conviction can be sustained even if the action that caused death was directed at a single person.

Source: Standard Digital May 20, 2021 11:25 UTC