Botham Jean Dallas murder: Amber Guyger appeal to SCOTUS denied

DALLAS — The Supreme Court has denied former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger’s appeal over her homicide conviction within the taking pictures loss of life of Botham Jean in 2018, in accordance to a ruling Monday.

Guyger’s attorneys had argued in a petition for writ of certiorari that Guyger’s “rights to due process were violated” over a decrease court docket’s interpretation of Guyger’s self-defense and mistake-of-fact claims within the taking pictures.

The Supreme Court didn’t subject an opinion within the ruling Monday; Guyger’s case proceedings web page included an replace that the petition had been denied.

Guyger, 34, was sentenced to 10 years in jail for the taking pictures loss of life of Jean at his condo in September 2018. Guyger mentioned she entered Jean’s condo, considering it was her personal, earlier than taking pictures him. Guyger lived on the ground beneath Jean on the South Side Flats flats.

In March, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused to hear Guyger’s petition to overview a decrease court docket’s resolution to uphold her conviction and sentence.

While the nine-member court docket has the finale appellate jurisdiction in Texas prison instances, Guyger appealed to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to have a decrease court docket overview her case once more. 

The Supreme Court denied the petition.

Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot responded in a filing to the Supreme Court, saying “Guyger’s unsuccessful attempt to make a constitutional issue out of her disagreement with the state court’s fact-bound and state-law-grounded decision does not warrant the Court’s attention.”

It was not instantly clear if Guyger had any additional authorized path within the appeals course of.

Guyger stays in a state jail in Gatesville. Her projected launch date is 2029, and he or she is eligible for parole in 2024.