Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:55 am
How can a guy be convicted of 2nd & 3rd degree murder plus 2nd degree manslaughter......
.....for the death of one guy?
There are cases where people got off on manslaughter charges by testifying they deliberately killed them....so admitted to murdering someone to get off on manslaughter. It's double jeopardy (not allowed) for the state to go after someone on either murder or manslaughter charges after being acquitted of one or the other previously.
My understanding is that after someone is convicted of a charge....any lower corresponding charges are irrelevant and dismissed. In Chauvin's case after they read the verdict of guilty for the 2nd degree murder charge.....that's it. They don't even read off the verdict of the lower charges because they no longer are applicable.
Because if you're convicted of Murder 2.....then you can't be convicted of Murder 3....and you especially can't be convicted of manslaughter......it's got to be one or the other.
Because last time I checked there's only one person dead.
So did Chauvin murder him in the second degree, murder him in the third degree, or kill him as a result of his negligence which would make it manslaughter?
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