WITH YOU, FELIPE, MANY TIME SS,
SINCE THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
IF YOU CAN PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT
FOR US FOR OUR VIEWERS, HOW
SIGNIFICANT IS THIS MOMENT RIGHT
NOW?
>> THIS MOMENT IS HUGELY
SIGNIFICANT.
NOT ONLY HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS,
BUT ALSO --
>> GABE I HATE TO INTERRUPT.
MY APOLOGIES TO THE COUNCILMAN. THE COURT IS BACK IN SESSION.
THE COURT IS BACK IN SESSION.
YOU’RE LOOKING AT DEREK CHAUVIN.
THEY ARE STANDING AS THE JURY,
NOW, IS LED INTO THE COURTHOUSE.
WE WILL NOT SEE THE JURY BUT ALL
PARTICIPANTS AND SPECTATORS ARE
STANDING RIGHT NOW AS THEY TAKE
THEIR SEATS. >> MEMBERS OF THE JURY, I
>> MEMBERS OF THE JURY, I
UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A VERDICT.
MEMBERS OF THE JURY, I WILL NOW
READ THE VERDICTS AS THEY WILL
APPEAR IN THE PERMANENT RECORDS
OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
HENNEPIN, DISTRICT COURT, FOURTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STATE OF
MINNESOTA PLAINTIFF VERSUS DEREK
CHAUVIN DEFENDANT.
VERDICT COUNT ONE, COURT FILE
NUMBER 27 CR 2012646.
WE, THE JURY, IN THE
ABOVE-ENTITLED MATTER AS TO
COUNT ONE, UNINTENTIONAL
SECOND-DEGREE MURDER WHILE
COMMITTEEING A FELONY FIND THE
DEFENDANT GUILTY.
THIS VERDICT AGREED TO THIS 20th
DAY OF APRIL, 2021, AT 1:45 P.M.
SIGNED JUROR NUMBER 19, JURY
FOREPERSON.
SAME CAPTION, VERDICT COUNT TWO.
WE THE JURY IN THE
ABOVE-ENTITLED MATTER AS TO
COUNT TWO, THIRD-DEGREE MURDER,
FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY.
THIS VERDICT AGREED TO THIS 20th
DAY OF APRIL, 2021, AT 1 CLACK
45 P.M., SIGNED BY JURY
FOREPERSON, JUROR NUMBER 19.
SAME CAPTION, VERDICT COUNT
THREE.
WE THE JURY IN THE
ABOVE-ENTITLED MATTER AS TO
COUNT THREE, SECOND-DEGREE
MANSLAUGHTER, CULPABLE
NEGLIGENCE, CREATING AN
UNREASONABLE RISK FIND THE
DEFENDANT GUILTY.
THIS VERDICT AGREED TO THIS 20th
DAY OF APRIL, 2021, AT 1:45 P.M.
JURY FOREPERSON 019.
MEMBERS OF THE JURY, I’M GOING
TO ASK YOU INDIVIDUALLY IF THESE
ARE YOUR TRUE AND CORRECT
VERDICTS.
PLEASE RESPOND YES OR NO.
JUROR NUMBER TWO, ARE THESE YOUR
TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICTS?
>> YES.
>> JUROR NUMBER NINE, ARE THESE
YOUR TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICTS?
>> YES.
>> JUROR NUMBER 19, ARE THESE
YOUR TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICTS?
>> YES.
>> JUROR NUMBER 27, ARE THESE
YOUR TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICTS?
>> YES.
>> JUROR NUMBER 44, ARE THESE
YOUR TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICTS?
>> YES.
>> JUROR NUMBER 52, ARE THESE
YOUR TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICTS?
>> YES.
>> JUROR NUMBER 55, ARE THESE
YOUR TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICTS?
>> YES.
>> JUROR NUMBER 79, ARE THESE
YOUR TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICTS?
>> YES.
>> JUROR NUMBER 85, ARE THESE
YOUR TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICTS?
>> YES.
>> JUROR NUMBER 89, ARE THESE
YOUR TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICTS?
>> YES.
>> JUROR NUMBER 91, ARE THESE
YOUR TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICTS?
>> YES.
>> JUROR NUMBER 92, ARE THESE
YOUR TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICTS?
>> YES.
>> ARE THESE YOUR VERDICTS, SO
SAY YOU ONE, SO SAY YOU ALL?
>> YES.
>> MEMBERS OF THE JURY, THE
VERSD AS READ REFLECT THE INTENT
OF THE JURY AND WILL BE FILED.
I THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY JURY
SERVICE BUT HEAVY-DUTY JURY
SERVICE.
FOLLOW THE DEPUTY BACK INTO YOUR
USUAL ROOM.
I WILL JOIN YOU IN A FEW MINUTES
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND ADDRESS YOU FURTHER.
YOU FURTHER.
ALL RISE FOR THE JURY.
BE SEATED.
WITH THE GUILTY VERDICTS
RETURNED, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE
BLAKE
BLAKELY, YOU MAY FILE A WRITTEN
ARGUMENT AS TO BLAKELY FACTORS
WITHIN ONE WEEK.
THE COURT WILL ISSUE FINDINGS ON
THE BLAKELY FACTORS, FACTUAL
FINDINGS, ONE WEEK AFTER THAT.
WE’LL ORDER PSI IMMEDIATELY,
RETURNABLE IN FOUR WEEKS AND
WE’LL ALSO HAVE A BRIEFING ON
AFTER YOU GET THE PSI, SIX WEEKS
FROM NOW AND THEN EIGHT WEEKS
FROM NOW WE WILL HAVE
SENTENCING.
WE’LL GET YOU THE EXACT DATES IN
A SCHEDULING ORDER.
IS THERE A MOTION ON BEHALF OF
THE STATE?
>> YOUR HONOR, THE STATE WOULD
MOVE TO HAVE THE COURT REVOKE
THE DEFENDANT’S BAIL, REMAND HIM
IN CUSTODY PENDING SENTENCING.
>> BAIL IS REVOKED, AND THE
DEFENDANT IS REMANDED INTO THE