DALLAS - The legal team for former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger has filed an appeal with the Fifth Court of Appeals in hopes of overturning her murder conviction.Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison last year for murdering her upstairs neighbor, Botham Jean.
She shot Jean after walking into his apartment at the Southside Flats in September of 2018. She claimed she thought the apartment was her own and that he was an intruder.Guyger’s defense team hopes to have the murder conviction reduced to a lower felony count and get a new punishment hearing.RELATED: Amber Guyger trial coverageGuyger's appellate attorney is Mike Mowla, who was present everyday of her fall 2019 trial.