Jury selection has started in the trial of ex-Houston police officer Gerald Goines, charged with murder for his role in a 2019 Harding Street drug raid that resulted in the deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. Prosecutors allege Goines fabricated evidence to obtain the search warrant, pointing to systemic corruption in the narcotics unit.
Snag these new Insider Deals before they are goneOne of the officers charged in the botched Harding Street Raid that left two people dead and four officers injured appeared before a judge Monday.– Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a former Houston police officer accused of murder for his role in a pleaded not guilty to two felony murder counts for the January 2019 deaths of a married couple, Dennis Tuttle, 59, and Rhogena Nicholas, 58.
Prosecutors allege that Goines lied to obtain a search warrant by making up a confidential informant and wrongly portraying the couple as dangerous heroin dealers. That led to a deadly encounter in which officers shot and killed Tuttle, Nicholas and their dog, and found only small amounts of marijuana and cocaine in the house. Five officers, including Goines, were injured in the raid.
Hearings in the case are then expected later this month, followed by opening statements on Sept. 9, according to the Harris County district attorney’s office.On Monday, prosecutors and defense attorneys began asking jurors if they could remain impartial, with some saying they knew about the case from news reports and were not sure if they could be fair.
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