Former Dallas cop Amber Guyger asking appellate court to toss murder conviction for killing Botham J

[TexasTowelie]

Former Dallas cop Amber Guyger asking appellate court to toss murder conviction for killing Botham Jean


Lawyers for former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger will make their case Tuesday before a panel of appellate justices to toss her murder conviction for killing Botham Jean in his own apartment. Dallas County prosecutors say the jury’s verdict should stand.

Guyger, convicted of murder in 2019 for shooting Jean, argued in court records that, at most, she should be convicted of criminally negligent homicide. That charge is a lesser felony and punishable by up to two years in prison.

Guyger testified she mistakenly entered the wrong apartment one floor above hers and shot Jean, believing he was an intruder, on Sept. 6, 2018. Guyger had just finished her shift and was still in uniform when she shot Jean with her department-issued weapon. Jean was eating ice cream on his couch when Guyger entered the apartment.

Jurors heard six days of testimony before convicting Guyger of murder in October 2019. She is serving a 10-year prison sentence.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2021/04/26/former-dallas-cop-amber-guyger-asking-appellate-court-to-toss-murder-conviction-for-killing-botham-jean/

[magicarpet]

1. Oops,... He was eating mocha almond ice cream,....

.... she thought it was a machine gun,... so she shot him dead.

Besides she is a white gurl,.... ain't that worth sumthin ?

By the way,... can I have my gun and badge back ? That bang bang shoot em up,... was so much fun.