When prosecutors told a Harris County judge that they believed Frederick Jeffery was innocent last month, he became the fifth defendant convicted on the testimony of a now-disgraced former Houston police officer to have his case marked for reversal.
. Houston city attorneys managed to delay the case for years. Nicholas’ brother, John Nicholas, pursued the lawsuit against the city until his death in September, 2021 — almost two years after his sister’s death.
A picture of Rhogena Nicholas hangs in her mother's house, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Natchitoches. Rhogena was killed with her husband, Dennis Tuttle, on Jan. 28, 2019 at her Houston home in a botched drug raid by the Houston Police Department that has sparked local and federal investigations.independent review of the crime scene
, finding significant amounts of evidence that crime lab technicians failed to collect when they canvassed the area. Shawna Fugate aids Cliff Tuttle, uncle of shooting victim Dennis Tuttle, as they prepare to enter 7815 Harding for the first time since the raid Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in Houston.Doyle's expert, a retired supervisory special agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service,— meaning they were unable to see anyone inside — including the round that killed Nicholas.
Cliff Tuttle, uncle of shooting victim Dennis Tuttle, points to several bullet holes in the kitchen as he looked inside 7815 Harding for the first time since the raid Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in Houston.Otis Mallet, the defendant who first accused Goines of framing him, also filed a lawsuit against the former officer.In the months since, the number of Goines defendants whose convictions have been overturned or are slated to be overturned has grown to five.
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