Eric Nelson, the attorney for Derek Chauvin, says his client did not receive a fair trial and that the guilty verdict should be thrown out.
Defense attorney Eric Nelson cited many reasons in his request for a new trial.
Federal agents planned to arrest Derek Chauvin if he was found not guilty on all counts in the state trial, according to a report.
With Derek Chauvin convicted, the state's focus is now on the three other ex-officers who were involved in George Floyd's arrest.
Brandon Mitchell is the first juror that deliberated in Derek Chauvin's trial to talk publicly about his experience.
Derek Chauvin was convicted on April 20 of second and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.
Kim Potter was arrested and booked into jail on April 14. She was released later that day after posting a $100,000 bond.
Judge Peter Cahill will determine how many years Derek Chauvin spends in prison.
The identities of jurors and alternates are protected under the judge's order, and Lisa Christensen is the first to publicly speak out.
Here's a look at some of the issues Chauvin's lawyers might cite in their expected appeal, and their chances of prevailing.
State prosecutors say Derek Chauvin should serve a longer prison sentence due to aggravating factors in his case.
The police began their May 26, 2020 statement by saying that a man died after a "medical incident" during a "police interaction."
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyd's death by a Hennepin County jury Tuesday.
U.S. Attorney Merrick Garland announced the investigation hours after former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder.
Emotional scenes were captured in Minneapolis after it was announced that Chauvin was found guilty on all charges.
The former Minneapolis police officer has been on trial in the 2020 Memorial Day death of George Floyd.
A Hennepin County jury has begun deliberating a verdict in the murder trial against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
Gov. Tim Walz requested law enforcement support from other states as Minnesota braces for a verdict in the trial against Derek Chauvin.
The label means Facebook staff is closely monitoring posts about Minneapolis as the nation awaits a verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.
Two people were killed and a third suffered life-threatening injuries when a car's fuel tank ruptured in the Lowry Hill Tunnel.
"We condemn the actions of the police in Brooklyn Center in the strongest possible terms," USA Today Publisher Maribel Perez Wadsworth said.
The jury has begun to deliberate a verdict after the closing arguments were given in the murder trial against former officer Derek Chauvin.
Closing arguments are set to begin Monday, after which a racially diverse jury will begin deliberating at a barbed-wire-ringed courthouse.
Authorities barricaded the home of former Brooklyn Center officer Kim Potter and the street is under constant surveillance.
Kim Potter, 48, was charged with second-degree manslaughter Wednesday in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright.
Former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter was charged with second-degree manslaughter in Sunday's shooting of Daunte Wright.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin told the court Thursday he will not testify in his murder trial.
Police say officers were again shot at with industrial-sized fireworks, spray paint, rocks, and other items during unrest Wednesday night.
Mayors in the Twin Cities metro area Wednesday are again enacting curfews to curb unrest after the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright.
For 26 years, Kim Potter worked as a police officer for Brooklyn Center. She resigned Tuesday after the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright.
City workers fortified Kim Potter's home after she was identified by authorities as the police officer who shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright.
Barry Brodd, a former Santa Rosa, California, officer, stoutly defended Derek Chauvin's actions.
Protesters threw bricks, rocks, bottles, police said, with authorities deploying tear gas to disperse the crowd.
The Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer resigned from the department on Tuesday after 26 years with the force.
It's the second night in a row that the city of Minneapolis will enforce a curfew.
Kim Potter fatally shot Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center Sunday, authorities said. Police Chief Tim Gannon​ also resigned.
Gov. Tim Walz did not extend county-wide curfews, but individual mayors are issuing city-wide curfews for Tuesday night.
The defense team for former police officer Derek Chauvin Tuesday will begin calling up their own witnesses to testify in the murder trial.
Police enforced a 7 p.m. curfew Monday that was enacted in Hennepin, Anoka, Ramsey and Dakota counties.
Officer Kim Potter has been with the Brooklyn Center Police Department for 26 years, according to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension​.