Following a jury trial, Julia Lynn Turner was convicted of malice murder in connection with the poisoning death of her husband, Glenn Turner. Turner appeals from the denial of her motion for new trial.1 We affirm. Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, the evidence reveals that Turner’s husband, Glenn, a Cobb County police officer, died unexpectedly on March 3, 1995. For several months prior to Glenn’s death, he had been having marital problems with Turner, and he confided to two of his close friends and colleagues that, if he ended up dead, Turner probably would have had something to do with it. As his marital problems with Turner continued, Glenn decided that he would move out of their home on the weekend of March 3, 1995. A few days before his planned move, however, Glenn became very ill and went to a hospital complaining of nausea and flu-like symptoms. Glenn was given fluids for dehydration, medicine for his nausea, and discharged. The next morning, Turner served Glenn green Jell-O, a food that would not show signs of being laced with antifreeze if it contained such a poison. Turner left Glenn at home after feeding him the Jell-O, and Glenn died within a few hours. Although Glenn’s autopsy revealed signs of antifreeze poisoning, the Cobb County medical examiner concluded at that time that Glenn died of a heart attack. Soon after Glenn’s funeral, Turner collected nearly a quarter of a million dollars from Glenn’s estate and from insurance proceeds and death benefits as the primary beneficiary under Glenn’s insurance policies.
Four days after Glenn’s funeral, Turner moved in with Randy Thompson, a man with whom she had been having an affair prior to her husband’s death. Thompson died six years later. Three days before Thompson’s death, he spent the evening with Turner and had dinner with her. A few hours later, he became violently ill, and the next day he went to the emergency room with complaints of flu-like symptoms. Thompson was treated for his symptoms and discharged from the hospital. The following night, Turner fed him Jell-O, and Thompson was found dead the next morning. Turner, who had been incurring substantial debt prior to Thompson’s death, collected over $30,000 as the beneficiary under Thompson’s life insurance policy.
