who are botham jean's attorney team

Who killed Botham Jean?

Dallas (CNN) An attorney for Amber Guyger, the White former Dallas police officer convicted of killing of Black neighbor Botham Jean in his apartment, asked a Texas appeals court Tuesday to acquit her of murder or find her guilty of a lesser charge. Guyger testified at her 2019 trial that after working long hours on September 6, 2018, ...

Who is Guyger's lawyer?

Guyger's lawyer, Michael Mowla, argued before the three-judge appeals court that Guyger's mistaken belief she was in her own apartment negates "evil intent" to kill. A conviction of criminally negligent homicide, he argued, would be more appropriate.

Is Amber Guyger in jail?

Ex-officer Amber Guyger will be housed in the same prison as the woman who killed singer Selena. "Intentionally or knowingly killing another human is an evil act," Mowla argued Tuesday. "And that's what she was convicted of.

Who killed Botham Jean?

The verdict came down Tuesday, more than a year after off-duty police officer Amber Guyger killed Botham Jean. Guyger claimed during trial that she accidentally entered Jean’s apartment and shot him, thinking he was an intruder. Jean’s apartment was located one floor below Guyger’s in the Dallas apartment building.

Who is Amber Guyger?

Amber Guyger, a Dallas police officer, who lives in the same apartment complex as Botham Jean, this 26-year-old, highly educated African-American man who was a certified public accountant working for PricewaterhouseCoopers, she lives on the third floor. Right above her, Botham Jean lives on the fourth floor. She comes, and she gets ...

Who is Lee Merritt?

This is Lee Merritt, one of the lawyers for Botham Jean’s family. LEE MERRITT: We still have the sentencing phase to go, but this is a huge victory, not only for the family of Botham Jean, but, ...