There is still no word from the Minnesota appeals court on a request from prosecutors to reinstate a third-degree murder charge against the fired Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death.
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday for Derek Chauvin, who is charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter.
An initial charge of third-degree murder was dropped by trial judge Peter Cahill when prosecutors upped the charges.
Now, citing a recent appeals court decision, the state attorney general's office is asking for the third-degree charge to be reinstated.
After hearing arguments from both sides early this week, the three-judge panel promised a swift decision.
As the trial approaches, prosecutors are putting the time Chauvin's knee was on Floyd's neck at about nine minutes.
The time has fluctuated before.
It was given as 8 minutes, 46 seconds in an initial criminal complaint, a figure that became symbolic to many in the weeks after Floyd's death.
Then a math error was corrected to put it at 7:46.
But filings since then, citing time-stamped police body-camera video, now place it at about nine minutes.
It's unlikely the evolving figure will matter at Chauvin's trial on murder and manslaughter charges.
The Associated Press contributed content for this item.
