DE LA CRUZ v. STATE

S17A1887.

810 S.E.2d 84 (2018)

DE LA CRUZ v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: February 5, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Terry Benton , Derin Bronson Dickerson , Francisco Gonzalez-Burgos , Tejas Surendra Patel , Kacy Brake , Emily Catherine Hootkins , Andrew J. Liebler , Andrew M. Brown , ALSTON & BIRD, LLP, One Atlantic Center 1201 West Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3424, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Paula Khristian Smith , Mary Catherine Greaber , Elizabeth Haase Brock , Christopher M. Carr , DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, John Allen Lawson , Richard Lowery Perryman , ALAPAHA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 209 North Parrish Avenue, Adel, Georgia 31620, Bianca Plair Goodman , Muscogee County Solicitor General's Office, 100 10th Street 9th Floor PO Box 1340, Columbus, Georgia 31902, for Appellee.


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...

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