Ex-Police Officer Convicted in Death of George Floyd to Appeal to US Supreme Court
The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review his conviction after the Minnesota Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal.
The U.S. Supreme Court is asked to look at thousands of cases each year, out of which it agrees to hear a mere fraction.
Before it recessed for the summer on June 30, the nation’s highest court had issued 58 opinions in cases argued in the term that began in October 2022.
The court is scheduled to release orders in ongoing cases on July 24, Aug. 21, and Sept. 8. It could act in the new case on one of those dates, or it could wait until the court’s new term begins in October….