HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has overturned a man's conviction after false claims were made by a former HPD officer who is facing murder and organized crime charges in a yearslong scheme involving fake drug buys.
After serving nearly six years of a 25-year sentence for possessing a controlled substance, Frederick Jeffrey walked out a free man back in July.
Now, months later, Texas' highest criminal court has overturned his conviction, according to our partners at the Houston Chronicle.
He and his family were overcome with excitement after learning the news on Wednesday.
"It's a blessing from God," Jeffrey said. "It's like a dream come true. If you ever dreamed about something and you knew you were going to get it, and you got it. It's a blessing. It's a feeling you can't explain."
The latest overturn is the fifth conviction based on a testimony made by former HPD Officer Gerald Goines.
Goines was the lead officer in the botched Harding Street raid that killed Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas-Tuttle in January 2019. After investigators determined Goines lied in the paperwork to obtain a no-knock warrant on the Tuttles' home, the Harris County District Attorney's Office began reviewing other Goines cases.
"What hurt me is that it took people having to lose their life for all the dirt he was doing to come to light," Jeffrey said.
In Jeffrey's case, he believes he was an easy target as he battled drug addiction.
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