De La Cruz v. State

303 Ga. 24

FINAL COPY S17A1887. DE LA CRUZ v. THE STATE. HUNSTEIN, Justice. Appellant Eduardo De La Cruz was tried and convicted of the murder of Brenda Gibbs.1 On appeal, Appellant claims four instances of trial court error and two claims of error by the motion for new trial court. We affirm. Viewed in a light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, the evidence adduced at trial established that, at all relevant times, Appellant and the victim, Brenda Gibbs, worked opposite shifts at the Production Anodizing plant in Adel, Georgia. Though the two had a child together, their romantic…