MINNEAPOLIS — The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd is seeking a new state trial, alleging, among other things, that misconduct by prosecutors and the false testimony of expert witnesses deprived him of a fair trial.

Derek Chauvin's attorney Gregory Joseph filed a 71-page document in Hennepin County District Court on November 20, asking that three criminal convictions, including one for second-degree murder, be vacated and a new trial ordered.

Early on in the document, Joseph notes that five years have passed since Chauvin's high-profile trial and convictions, enough time for the emotion that surrounded Floyd's death and the subsequent protests to subside.

"This Court is removed from the hysteria of the day and can finally look at the fac

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