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Gerald Goines, center, lied in order to justify a no-knock warrant, which ended with officers killing an innocent couple: Rhogena Nicholas, left, and Dennis Tuttle, right. (Mug shot of Goines: Houston Police Department via AP, File; images of Nicholas and Tuttle: Godofredo A. Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Gerald Goines, center, lied in order to justify a no-knock, which ended with officers killing an innocent couple: Rhogena Nicholas, left, and Dennis Tuttle, right. (Mug shot of Goines: Houston Police Department via AP, File; images of Nicholas and Tuttle: Godofredo A. Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via AP)

A judge quashed the murder charges against the disgraced former Houston police officer accused of lying to justify a no-knock raid that resulted in officers killing a couple in Texas.

As previously reported by Law&Crime, the officer in question, Gerald Goines, allegedly claimed in search warrant documents that he used two confidential informants to buy heroin from Dennis Tuttle, 59, and Rhogena Nicholas, 58, two people falsely accused of dealing drugs.

Goines’ defense argued that the indictments were not specific about which tampering laws he violated, according to Houston ABC affiliate KTRK.

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