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Ex-Dallas Officer Who Killed Neighbor In His Home Appeals Guilty Verdict
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Amber Guyger's lawyer has asked to acquit her of murder or to substitute in a conviction for criminally negligent homicide, which carries a lesser sentence.
DALLAS (AP) — A panel of three Texas appeals court judges appeared skeptical Tuesday of arguments to overturn the conviction of a former Dallas police officer who was sentenced to prison for fatally shooting her neighbor in his home. An attorney for Amber Guyger clashed with a Dallas County prosecutor over whether the evidence was sufficient to prove that her 2018 shooting of Botham Jean was murder. The hearing examined a Dallas County jury’s 2019 decision to sentence Guyger to 10 years in prison for murder. It follows the recent conviction of a former Minneapolis police officer who was found guilty of murdering George Floyd, again focusing national attention on police killings and racial injustice.More Related News