Bonilla v. State

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Manuel Bonilla was convicted of the murder of Jose Reyes and the aggravated assault of Jose Cruz. He appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and the trial court’s allowing a hearsay statement into evidence against him. We affirm.

1. The evidence presented at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, showed the following. On the night of December 24, 1999, Jose Cruz threw a Christmas party at his Gwinnett County apartment for friends and family, who were originally from the same town in El Salvador. Bonilla was one of the guests. When Bonilla drank…