Morries Hall, passenger seen with George Floyd, invokes 5th Amendment to refuse testimony

Morries Hall, a friend of George Floyd’s who was in the car with him at the moment of Floyd’s arrest, told a Minneapolis court on Wednesday he will refuse to testify if he’s called to the witness stand in the trial of Derek Chauvin.

In a court filing on Wednesday night, Hall announced his decision, citing the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

Drugs were found in the car in which police first encountered the men, after being called to investigate Floyd’s use of a counterfeit $20 bill.

Store clerk from Cup Foods testifies, body cameras shown to jury in Derek Chauvin trial Wednesday

Nineteen-year-old Christopher Martin, who was the cashier at Cup Foods that sold Floyd cigarettes and noticed the money was counterfeit, stated Tuesday in court that Hall was acting "more suspicious" than Floyd. Martin added that he didn’t think Floyd knew the money he paid with was counterfeit.

Wednesday morning, Floyd’s girlfriend, Courteney Ross, took the witness stand and said she believes Floyd purchased drugs from Hall. She went into detail about the opioid addiction they both suffered from.