HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A dozen years after he was first arrested, Otis Mallet is one step closer to being fully exonerated.

Monday morning, a judge agreed with prosecutors and defense attorneys, recommending the exoneration to the Court of Appeals.

For years, Mallet and his attorneys have argued that evidence in his drug case was made up by former Houston Police Officer Gerald Goines.

Today, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg agreed, stating that Mallet was “Actually Innocent” during a court hearing.

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