Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in death of George Floyd

Nelson wrapped up his closing statement by stating that prosecutors failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt and that Chauvin should be found not guilty on all counts.

"Human beings make decisions, in highly stressful, situations that they believe to be right in the very moment it is occurring. There's lots of what-if’s that could have happened. What could have happened, what should have happened -- lots of them in lots of regards," Nelson said. "But we have to analyze this case from the perspective of a reasonable police officer at the precise moment, with the totality of the circumstances when it comes to the use of force."

Cahill then sent the jury out for a five-minute lawyer conference.

When court resumed after a 30-minute break, Nelson continued his closing arguments, stating that Floyd’s death was actually a “multi-factorial” process and claiming that prosecutors want to ignore his significant medical issues.

Nelson said that, according to the state, Floyd’s coronary heart disease, hypertensive disease, use of drugs that acted further to constrict Floyd’s already diseased heart and adrenaline coursing through his body during the police confrontation were “not relevant.”

"They just want you to ignore significant medical issues that presented to Mr. Floyd," Nelson said. "And the failure of the state's experts to acknowledge any possibility, any possibility at all that any of these other factors in any way contributed to Mr. Floyd's death defies medical science and it defies common sense and reason."

Defense has resumed its closing arguments after the judge called for a lunch recess.

Nelson took down several of the doctors the prosecution brought on as witnesses, stating that they were incorrect in their testimonies.

Nelson criticized cardiologist Dr. Jonathan Rich, who concluded that Floyd had a strong heart despite a 90% narrowing of the right coronary artery, a 75% narrowing in the left anterior descending artery, enlarged heart and history of hypertension.

The testimonies of Rich and an additional four doctors fly "in the absolute face of reason and common sense," especially in the testimony that none of Floyd’s preexisting conditions contributed to his death, Nelson said.

"It’s astounding," he said.