MINNEAPOLIS: Sentencing for former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death has been pushed back to June 25, according to online court records.
Chauvin’s June 16 hearing was reset by Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill. A brief entry Thursday in the online court docket gave no reason, but court spokesman Spenser Bickett said it was moved due a scheduling conflict.
The hearing time remains 1:30 p.m. CDT.
Chauvin, 45, was convicted April 20 of all three counts against him: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Under Minnesota statutes hell only be sentenced on the most serious one second-degree murder.
While that count carries a maximum sentence of 40 years, experts say he wont get that much. They say that for all practical purposes, the maximum he would face is 30 years, and he could get less.
The convictions came after a jury deliberated for parts of two days following three weeks of testimony from bystanders, medical experts and police use-of-force trainers.
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