Former Houston police officer Gerald Goines is shown during his murder trial in the 482nd District Court at the Harris County Criminal courthouse Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Houston. Goines faces two felony murder charges in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. (Melissa Phillip
Prosecutor Keaton Forcht speaks during closing arguments in the trial of former Houston police officer Gerald Goines in the 482nd District Court at the Harris County Criminal courthouse Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Houston. Goines faces two felony murder charges in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Attorneys gather with Judge Veronica M. Nelson in the case of former Houston police officer Gerald Goines in the 482nd District Court at the Harris County Criminal courthouse Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Houston. Goines faces two felony murder charges in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Prosecutor Tanisha Manning speaks during closing arguments in the murder trial of former Houston police officer Gerald Goines in the 482nd District Court at the Harris County Criminal courthouse Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Houston. Goines faces two felony murder charges in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. (Melissa Phillip
Elyse Lanier, the widow of former Houston Mayor Bob Lanier and a supporter of former Houston police officer Gerald Goines, right, is shown during closing arguments in his murder trial in the 482nd District Court at the Harris County Criminal courthouse Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Houston. Goines faces two felony murder charges in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Former Houston police officer Gerald Goines sits during his felony trial in the 482nd District Court at the Harris County Criminal courthouse Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Houston. Goines faces two felony murder charges in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Patricia Nicholas, sister-in-law of Rhogena Nicholas, wipes her tears during the closing arguments in the murder trial of former Houston police officer Gerald Goines in the 482nd District Court at the Harris County Criminal courthouse Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Houston. Goines faces two felony murder charges in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Defense attorney Mac Secrest speaks during closing arguments in the trial of former Houston police officer Gerald Goines in the 482nd District Court at the Harris County Criminal courthouse Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Houston. Goines faces two felony murder charges in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Former Houston police officer Gerald Goines sits during his felony trial in the 482nd District Court at the Harris County Criminal courthouse Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Houston. Goines faces two felony murder charges in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Defense attorney Nicole DeBorde Hochglaube speaks during closing arguments in the murder trial of former Houston police officer Gerald Goines in the 482nd District Court at the Harris County Criminal courthouse Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Houston. Goines faces two felony murder charges in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Prosecutor Keaton Forcht speaks during closing arguments in the trial of former Houston police officer Gerald Goines in the 482nd District Court at the Harris County Criminal courthouse Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Houston. Goines faces two felony murder charges in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Defense attorney Nicole DeBorde Hochglaube speaks during closing arguments in the murder trial of former Houston police officer Gerald Goines in the 482nd District Court at the Harris County Criminal courthouse Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Houston. She demonstrates the distance from where Dennis Tuttle took shots at a police officer. Goines faces two felony murder charges in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Defense attorney Nicole DeBorde Hochglaube speaks during closing arguments in the murder trial of former Houston police officer Gerald Goines in the 482nd District Court at the Harris County Criminal courthouse Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Houston. Goines faces two felony murder charges in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Judge Veronica M. Nelson is shown as defense attorney Mac Secrest speaks during closing arguments in the trial of former Houston police officer Gerald Goines in the 482nd District Court at the Harris County Criminal courthouse Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Houston. Goines faces two felony murder charges in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)
A standing room only crowd of people in the 482nd District Court at the Harris County Criminal courthouse watch the closing arguments in the case of former Houston police officer Gerald Goines Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Houston. Goines faces two felony murder charges in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)