Derek Sauvin, the former police officer who was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of African-American George Floyd in 2020, filed an appeal on Thursday 23/9, according to court documents.
In April, Sauvin was found guilty by a jury of all three charges against Floyd’s death., after May 2020 the white former police officer held his knee to his neck for almost 9 minutes. On June 25, a Minnesota judge sentenced Sauvin to 22.5 years in prison.
George Floyd: Sauvin no longer has a lawyer
The appeal documents were filed by Sovin himself, as he stated that he is no longer represented by a lawyer and for this reason he asked the court to hear his appeal after he managed to find a lawyer to represent him.
In fact, the former police officer complained that earlier in September, the state-appointed lawyer refused to represent him.
Sauvin cites 14 reasons why his case should be reconsidered, among them the fact that the judge did not agree to change the place of his trial and that he did not ask for the jurors to remain in solitary confinement during the trial.
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