The Minnesota Supreme Court late Wednesday rejected an attempt by defense lawyers to review whether a third-degree murder charge should be reinstated in the case against their client, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. In an order that contained no explanation, Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea denied the appeal of a recent ruling that found Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill erred in not restoring the charge, which had been requested by the state. Cahill had said the charge lacked probable cause. Chauvin, accused of killing George Floyd in May 2020, still faces second-degree murder and manslaughter charges. Cahill told the court that the third-degree murder charge will be discussed on Thursday, local news outlets reported. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, a former Democrat representative who is leading the prosecution of Chauvin, said the Supreme Court was right to reject the appeal and that the appeals court made the correct ruling. …