Former Houston police officer Gerald Goines stands with his lawyer, Nicole Deborde Hochglaube, and his defense team as the verdict sentencing him to 60 years behind bars on a pair of felony murder convictions on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 in Houston. Goines was found guilty of felony murder in the 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)