Dallas (CNN) Amber Guyger's appellate attorney has filed paperwork preserving her ability to appeal her murder conviction and sentence. Michael Mowla, filed the notice of appeal last week, according to court documents CNN obtained Tuesday. Her lead trial lawyer said this was a formality in following Texas law. "You have 30 days by statute to file a notice or intent to appeal, so the lawyer that's handling the appeal filed that just to preserve the right," Robert Rogers said. Rogers said it will be "months before we know" whether Guyger will proceed with an appeal.

Source: CNN October 23, 2019 00:45 UTC