Texas court upholds conviction and sentence of Amber Guyger
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.
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