Amber Guyger is now eligible for parole in connection with the murder of Botham Jean

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A panel of three state judges ruled that a Dallas County jury had enough evidence to convict Amber Guyger of murder in the 2018 shooting death of Botham Jean.

Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger will be eligible for parole starting Sunday.

Guyger is serving a 10-year sentence for the 2018 murder of Botham Jean in his Dallas apartment.

Jean was Guyger’s upstairs neighbor. She claimed she mistook him for an intruder when she entered his apartment, not her own.

The shooting sparked protests in Dallas and attracted national attention.

In October 2019, Guyger, 36, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office told the Dallas Morning News it was protesting Guyger’s parole.

The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole would have to grant her parole to be released early.

He is currently at the Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville, Texas, about 40 miles west of Waco.

If Guyger is not paroled, her expected release date is September 29, 2029.