Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police Officer convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020, pleaded guilty to two counts of tax evasion in a Washington County court on Friday. His ex-wife had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of underreporting their income and failing to file tax returns. Chauvin is currently serving a 40-year sentence for the murder of Floyd, and faces a maximum of five years in prison for the tax evasion charges, with a sentencing hearing scheduled for August 12.
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Derek Chauvin's attorney argued in an appeals court that his client was deprived of a fair trial due to legal and procedural errors. Chauvin was convicted in April of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, a Black man. The appeals court did not immediately rule on Chauvin’s attorney’s request to overturn the conviction, and is expected to issue a written opinion in the coming weeks.