Attorneys for former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger have filed an appeal, requesting she be acquitted of murder charges after fatally shooting Botham Jean nearly two years ago. Guyger's attorneys are seeking a lesser charge, criminally negligent homicide, and a new hearing for Guyger, according to court documents. A Dallas County grand jury indicted Guyger on one count of murder in November She was sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing Jean. She said she mistook his apartment for her own, which was one floor below, and fired at him thinking he was an intruder. They're claiming Guyger had "the right to act in self-defense since her belief that deadly force was necessary was reasonable under the circumstances" because of her "mistaken belief" that she had entered her apartment and found an "intruder" inside, court documents show. Botham Jean , was an accountant at the international auditing firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He was is in his apartment eating ice cream on Sept. Moments after the shooting, Guyger realized she was in the wrong apartment.


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Guyger's attorneys are seeking a lesser charge.
By Eliott C. CNN Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer who killed Botham Jean in his apartment last year, is heading to prison to begin a year sentence. She will first be eligible for parole in five years. The jury has convicted Amber Guyger of ten years. Of course that's inadequate. The entire justice system is inadequate and the work must continue.
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CNN Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man in his own apartment -- saying she thought it was her own residence -- has appealed her sentence. More Videos Watch moment verdict read in court for Amber Guyger Guyger was convicted of murder last October and is serving a year prison sentence. Her defense team says there was insufficient evidence to convict her of murder.
Guyger said that she had entered the apartment believing it was her own and that she shot Jean believing he was a burglar. It resulted in protests and accusations of racial bias and she was later charged with murder. Guyger's apartment was on the third floor, directly below Jean's apartment on the fourth, in an apartment building with mostly identical floor plans on each level. She claimed she feared Jean would kill her. After Guyger shot Jean, she called Jean was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died from his wound. The Texas Rangers investigated the shooting, which led to Guyger's arrest three days later. Guyger was initially charged with manslaughter, but was later charged with murder. The Dallas Police Department placed Guyger on administrative leave after the shooting. The department fired her on September 24,