Judge Veronica M. Nelson listens to prosecutors Keaton Forcht delivering opening statement for the trial of retired Houston Police Department officer Gerald Goines at the 482nd District Court Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Harris County Criminal Courthouse in Houston. Goines was on trial for two felony murder charges in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)