Topic - Ted Sampsell-Jones

A conviction on one or both of the murder counts but an acquittal on the manslaughter charge would be “weird," he said.

EXPLAINER: Why 1 murder count against Chauvin may not stick →

Ted Sampsell-Jones, a law professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, said Baker's testimony might raise a reasonable doubt about cause of death, but that the legal standard for establishing causation is quite low.

Derek Chauvin trial: Prosecution case nears end in ex-cop's trial in Floyd death →