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Following a joint trial, a jury found the appellant, Agustin Garcia-Maldonado, and his two co-defendants, Lucio Flores and Fedrico Venegas Lopez, guilty of trafficking in methamphetamine. Flores and Lopez also were found guilty of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. In Flores v. State, 308 Ga. App. 368 707 SE2d 578 2011, we affirmed Flores’ convictions but reversed Lopez’s convictions for lack of sufficient evidence. Garcia-Maldonado now appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, contending that the evidence was insufficient to support his drug trafficking conviction. Upon our review, we affirm.

Following a criminal conviction, we construe the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict. Sidner v. State, 304 Ga. App. 373, 374 696 SE2d 398 2010. “We neither weigh the evidence nor judge the credibility of witnesses, but determine only whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, a rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” Citation and punctuation omitted. Id. See Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 99 SCt 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979.

 
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