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TexasTowelie

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Thu Mar 31, 2022, 12:07 AM Mar 2022

Court upholds conviction, sentence of Amber Guyger, ex-Dallas officer who murdered Botham Jean

Texas’ highest criminal court upheld the murder conviction and 10-year prison sentence of Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer who fatally shot Botham Jean in his apartment in 2018 after she said she mistook him for an intruder.

The Court of Criminal Appeals refused Wednesday to hear Guyger’s petition to review a lower court’s decision to uphold her 2019 conviction and sentence. Two justices — Judge Kevin Yeary and Judge Michelle Slaughter — filed a dissent.

During her appeal, Guyger argued that her mistaken belief that she was in her own apartment negated her culpability for murder.

Jean was sitting at home and eating ice cream in his Lamar Street apartment on Sept. 6, 2018, when Guyger, who lived on the floor above him, walked into his apartment, thinking it was her own. Guyger, who was off duty but in uniform, said she believed Jean was an intruder and shot him.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2022/03/30/court-upholds-conviction-sentence-of-amber-guyger-ex-dallas-officer-who-murdered-botham-jean/

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Court upholds conviction, sentence of Amber Guyger, ex-Dallas officer who murdered Botham Jean (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2022 OP
Wonder when the real story will come out? brush Mar 2022 #1

brush

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1. Wonder when the real story will come out?
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 01:42 AM
Mar 2022

Police officers don't normally enter their apartment then shoot to kill someone on the couch eating ice cream...even if they mistook the apartment as their own, they would have all the advantage in the situation...standing with gun drawn vs a guy sitting and armed with a bowl of ice cream and a spoon. So why blast away?

What a bogus story.

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