DALLAS (AP) — A Texas appeals court has upheld the murder conviction of a former Dallas police officer who was sentenced to prison for fatally shooting her neighbor in his home.
A panel of three state judges on Thursday ruled that a Dallas County jury had sufficient evidence to convict Amber Guyger of murder in the 2018 shooting of Botham Jean.
The decision means Guyger will continue to serve her 10-year prison sentence.
It largely dashes the 32-year-old’s hopes of having her 2019 conviction overturned.
Under her current sentence, Guyger will become eligible for parole in 2024.
