Indicted ex-Dallas Police officer Amber Guyger appears in court for announcement setting

Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger appeared in court again Tuesday. Based on subpoenas that have been filed, prosecutors want to see her police training records.

Guyger is charged with murder for killing Botham Jean in his own apartment at the Southside Flats in September. She was coming home from work, still in uniform and said she believed she was in her own apartment. She claims she shot Jean thinking he was an intruder.

Prosecutors now want to know more about her time in the police academy and the field training she received during her tenure with the Dallas Police Department.

These early proceedings are called announcement settings. Guyger is required to be present at each of the meetings.

News cameras greeted her as she entered the Frank Crowley Courts Building and made her way to the seventh floor, wearing a light-colored suit and her hair down.

She waited in an empty courtroom across the hall from where her trial will take place before Judge Tammy Kemp.

Defense attorneys could be seen taking documents in and out to Guyger, presumably for her to sign.

Daryl Washington, a civil attorney for Jean’s family, was also in court. He and Anthony Farmer, another defense attorney who is not involved in the case, are helping to explain what happens in the announcement settings.

“The purpose of an announcement setting is so that defense can get discovery. They can discuss with the state their theory of the facts and any outstanding extraneous issues can be fleshed out prior to any dispositive settings,” Farmer said.

Washington talked about the Jean family’s understanding of the United States Judicial process. They are natives of Saint Lucia.

“It’s difficult, as you can imagine. They are always contacted when there is a hearing that is scheduled. They don’t understand that it may just be a simple exchange of discovery information,” Washington said.

Judge Kemp imposed a gag order on the case keeping Guyger, her attorneys and prosecutors from talking about what’s happening.

Part of the judge’s effort is to keep the trial in Dallas County. She is anticipating that the defense will file a motion for a change of venue and doesn’t want to taint the jury pool.

Guyger's trial will likely begin later this year.

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