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222701P.pdf 08/04/2023 United States v. Tou Thao
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 22-2701
and No: 22-2909 etc.
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
[PUBLISHED] [Kobes, Author, with Loken and Erickson, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. In this prosecution related to the death of
George Floyd, the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's
convictions on two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law
resulting in bodily injury and death in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 242;
defendant failed to intervene in Officer Chauvin's use of unreasonable
force and he was deliberately indifferent to Floyd's medical needs; claims
of prosecutorial misconduct rejected because defendant has waived these
claims by failing to meaningfully brief them; even if they were preserved,
they were not prejudicial enough to require reversal and a new trial.