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Ex-Dallas Police officer Amber Guyger makes first court appearance in Botham Jean death
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1:14Now PlayingA former Dallas police officer facing murder charges was at the Frank Crowley Courts Building Tuesday morning for a court proceeding.
Amber Guyger and her defense lawyers met with prosecutors privately in Judge Tammy Kemp’s chambers. They did not come out into the courtroom.
Gag orders were placed on attorneys for both sides. They are not allowed to give statements – written or spoken – to the media until the trial is over.
Judge Kemp also issued an order on courtroom decorum that details how the media will be allowed to cover Guyger’s trial and the proceedings leading up to the trial.
News agencies will be allowed to share a single video camera outside the courtroom window as long as jurors are never filmed. Similarly, news agencies will be allowed to share an audio recording from inside of the courtroom.
Reporters will have limited access to providing updates from inside the courtroom. No cameras will be allowed in and reporters will have to turn off their cellphones when they enter. No interviews will be allowed in the hallways, per the judge’s order.
Guyger was indicted for Botham Jean’s murder. She claims she entered the wrong apartment at the Southside Flats in September and shot Jean, thinking he was an intruder.
Tuesday’s proceeding was just the first step down a legal road of proceedings that will end with her facing trial.
The case garnered international attention because Jean was a Saint Lucia native and because of it involved an off-duty Dallas officer thinking she was in her home.
George Milner, an attorney who is not involved in the case, said he wouldn’t be surprised if a change of venue is requested.
“You've got people who believe she should never have been charged or they believe she's already guilty, and there’s no in-between,” Milner said. “And I mean if you're just loosely paying attention to the news, you know about this case.”
Daryl Washington, an attorney who was in the courtroom to observe on behalf of Jean's family in Saint Lucia, said it's still early in the process and attorneys on both sides are mostly just busy filing paperwork.
As for Jean's family, Washington said they are very anxious because they are not in the United States.
"They want to know what's going on during the entire process and my job is just to keep them abreast," he said. "It's going to require a lot of patience. The DA is doing their job. And we're going to sit back and watch the DA do their job and we're just hoping for a good result."
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