A Texas jury has begun deliberations in the apartment-mixup murder case of former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger.
A Texas jury began deliberations in the apartment-mixup murder case of former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger on Monday after prosecutors told them in their closing argument that she made a series of"unreasonable decisions" that cost an innocent man his life. Defense attorneys countered that she made"reasonable" mistakes that led her to believe her life was in jeopardy.
Fine began by reading from a piece of paper an excerpt from Guyger's testimony last week, in which she said,"I never want anybody to have to go through or even imagine going through what I felt that night." "This has to do with that defendant making unreasonable decisions that put her in that seat and Bo in the ground," Fine said pointing to Guyger at the defense table.
Defense attorney Toby Shook countered that the prosecution failed to prove the case against Guyger beyond reasonable doubt and used"distractions" such as the texting between her and her lover, her married police partner Martin Rivera. He discounted the prosecution's argument that Guyger did nothing or very little to save Jean's life after shooting him, saying, the"hard truth" was that first-aid wouldn't have prevented Jean from dying.
Jean, an accountant for the international auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, was sitting on his couch when Guyger opened the door, prosecutors said.She told the jurors the figure was moving around and she could not see his hands, and that the man"was yelling, 'Hey! Hey! Hey!' in an aggressive voice."
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