Judge in Chauvin Trial Won’t Allow Admission of Statements From Passenger in George Floyd’s Car

Morries Hall, who was in the car with George Floyd when police arrived, appears via a video link from the county jail on the seventh day of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn., on April 6, 2021. Pool via Reuters

The man who was in a car with George Floyd on the day that Floyd died described in detail last year Floyd’s demeanor and taking of drugs, but those statements will not be allowed to be shown to the jury in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

Morries Hall will appear in court on Tuesday but the answers he gave to law enforcement on June 2, 2020, after being apprehended in Texas are not admissible in Chauvin’s trial, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill ruled on Monday.