Chauvin, Ex-Wife Plead Not Guilty to Tax Evasion Charges

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over Chauvin's sentencing. Chauvin faces decades in prison for the May 2020 death of George Floyd. At the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn., on June 25, 2021. Court TV via AP, Pool

MINNEAPOLIS—A judge entered not guilty pleas on tax evasion charges Friday on behalf of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd’s death, and for the officer’s ex-wife.

Washington County District Judge Sheridan Hawley also set the next court date in the case for Jan. 21. A trial date has not been set.