As Chauvin Trial Goes to Jury, Focus Is on Video of Floyd’s Final Moments In closing arguments, the prosecution focused on the nine minutes and 29 seconds that Derek Chauvin kept his knee on George Floyd’s neck. Meanwhile, the defense warned jurors not to be “misled” by a freeze-frame view, repeatedly telling them to look at the “totality of the circumstances.” After 14 days of witness testimony, both lawyers urged the jurors to use common sense as the case was placed in their hands.