Derek Chauvin Has to Pay for His Own Lawyer, Minnesota Supreme Court Rules
Source: Vice News
Derek Chauvin, the former Minnesota cop convicted of murdering George Floyd last May, is going to have to pull together the cash for his own attorney moving forward.
On Wednesday, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that Chauvin will not be eligible for a public defender. It’s the second time in two months the court denied his request for one because he doesn’t have the money to pay for an attorney on his own.
Last month, when Chauvin filed an appeal in the murder trial that found him guilty of second and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, court documents showed he had also filed for pauper status, which would allow him to retain a public defender and potentially waive court costs associated with his case. In appeal documents made public at the time, Chauvin insisted that he was already $142,000 in debt.
“I do not have a sufficient source of income, besides nominal prison wages, which are being used to pay off fees from the above captioned case,” Chauvin wrote at the time. “My only assets are two retirement accounts. If I take funds from said accounts, I will be significantly penalized and the remained will likely be taken to pay off debts.”
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8795/derek-chauvin-cant-get-public-defender-minnesota-supreme-court-rules
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If not possibly unconstitutional? 
Is it simply presumed that he has a net worth that could afford an attorney, but simply does not want to?
🤣😂😅
if a wacko 17-yr. old, Kyle Rittenhouse, can round up 2 million or so, you would think that this guy would be rolling it in big-time!
Aww. karma's a bitch, right, Derek? Too bad, so sad.
