{"id":1509130,"date":"2024-12-20T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1509130"},"modified":"2024-12-20T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T03:00:00","slug":"judge-rejects-federal-government-request-allows-derek-chauvin-to-examine-george-floyds-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/judge-rejects-federal-government-request-allows-derek-chauvin-to-examine-george-floyds-heart\/1509130\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Rejects Federal Government Request, Allows Derek Chauvin To Examine George Floyd’s Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

Judge Rejects Federal Government Request, Allows Derek Chauvin To Examine George Floyd’s Heart<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

A federal judge has turned down the federal government\u2019s bid to stop Derek Chauvin from examining George Floyd\u2019s heart tissue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Court is not persuaded by the Government\u2019s arguments, which provide no compelling reason that the Court should change its previous determination,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>U.S. District Judge Paul A. Magnuson said<\/a> in a two-page order filed on Dec. 19.<\/p>\n

The order granting Chauvin\u2019s motion to examine Floyd\u2019s heart tissue will stand, he said.<\/p>\n

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Magnuson on Dec. 16 ruled<\/a> that Chauvin can test substances preserved from Floyd\u2019s autopsy, including his blood and heart tissue. Chauvin is attempting to prove the theory that Floyd\u2019s death was not related to the restraint that Chauvin applied to Floyd in Minnesota in May 2020.<\/p>\n

Chauvin, a police officer in Minneapolis at the time, was later charged and convicted of murdering Floyd.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The present development involves Chauvin\u2019s argument that his former attorney did not adequately represent him.<\/p>\n

An expert named Dr. William Schaetzel had contacted the attorney and offered his opinion that Floyd\u2019s death stemmed from factors other than the restraint, but the attorney did not pass along the opinion,<\/strong> according to Chauvin.<\/p>\n

Schaetzel said the death was caused by a heart attack. Chauvin said the testing could support the opinion.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the significant nature of the criminal case that Mr. Chauvin was convicted of, and given that the discovery that Mr. Chauvin seeks could support Dr. Schaetzel\u2019s opinion of how Mr. Floyd died, the Court finds that there is good cause to allow Mr. Chauvin to take the discovery that he seeks,\u201d <\/strong>Magnuson said in his Dec. 16 order.<\/em><\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Justice then filed<\/a> a motion asking the judge to reconsider. Government lawyers said that Chauvin could not show ineffective counsel, in part because another expert had already offered a similar opinion during Chauvin\u2019s trial.<\/p>\n

The lawyers also said that if the judge turned down the Justice Department\u2019s motion, he should enter an amended order granting discovery to the government as well as to Chauvin.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government specifically requests access to expert disclosures for any expert Defendant intends to call at a hearing (including each expert\u2019s qualifications and a full explanation of any opinions and the bases therefore), as well as all lab reports and test results generated by any lab to which Defendant submits requests,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>they wrote.<\/p>\n

Magnuson denied that request, although he said he expects the government will be able to access the test results.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Court expects the parties to cooperate in the discovery process, allowing the Government reasonable access to any lab reports, test results, and expert disclosures,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> he said. \u201cThe Court will not issue a separate order to that end.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 12\/20\/2024 – 17:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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