MINNESOTA — December 4, 2025 Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has filed a new motion in Minnesota state court, seeking a new trial in connection with his 2021 murder conviction in the death of George Floyd. The filing is documented in the MINNESOTA JUDICIAL BRANCH DOCKET, which lists a “petition for post-conviction relief” submitted under Chauvin’s case number. Because this filing appears directly in the state court system’s official public record, its existence is confirmable through first-hand evidence.
According to the MINNESOTA JUDICIAL BRANCH DOCKET, Chauvin’s petition was formally submitted as a post-conviction motion, a process that allows a defendant who has already been convicted to request relief on specific legal grounds. The docket confirms the motion’s entry but does not include or display the full contents of the petition itself through public-facing channels, meaning the exact arguments he raises are not visible in first-hand records at this time.
Chauvin was previously convicted in Minnesota state court in 2021. That conviction and the associated prosecution are documented in a series of first-hand materials, including the MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE announcements from that period, public court records, and archived sentencing documents held within the MINNESOTA JUDICIAL BRANCH system. Those materials provide the historical foundation for the current case status but remain separate from the new filing.
In addition to his state conviction, Chauvin also received a federal sentence for civil rights violations. That federal case is documented in releases from the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, which detail his guilty plea and sentencing under federal law. These federal materials provide background but are not connected to the new motion filed in Minnesota state court.
As of now, the only first-hand evidence available regarding Chauvin’s current legal action is the confirmation that a post-conviction petition was filed and logged by the MINNESOTA JUDICIAL BRANCH. No first-hand statements, filings, or responses from the Minnesota Attorney General or other state officials have been published at the time of this report. No public hearing dates appear in the docket as of the latest available update.
This article reports exclusively what is verifiable through first-hand public documentation: the filing exists, it has been logged by the state court system, and it pertains to Chauvin’s ongoing efforts to challenge his state-level conviction.
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MINNESOTA JUDICIAL BRANCH DOCKET
MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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