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Appellant Bilal Duvall appeals his convictions for felony murder and firearm possession in connection with the shooting death of Silas Carter. We affirm.1 1. The evidence at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, showed the following. Appellant shot and killed the unarmed victim, who had argued with Appellant’s brother Ali about drug-selling territory. Four eyewitnesses, three of whom had known Appellant for years, identified him at trial as the shooter. Three other eyewitnesses provided descriptions of the shooter that fit Appellant. The evidence presented at trial and summarized above was sufficient to authorize a rational jury to find Appellant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the crimes for which he was convicted. See Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U. S. 307, 319 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979. See also Vega v. State , 285 Ga. 32, 33 673 SE2d 223 2009 ” ‘It was for the jury to determine the credibility of the witnesses and to resolve any conflicts or inconsistencies in the evidence.’ ” citation omitted.

2. At trial, three witnesses testified that they knew the Appellant and his brother Ali. Appellant, however, testified to an alleged alibi and denied that he had a brother named Ali. To corroborate his testimony, Appellant called his mother, who testified that she did not have a son named Ali, adding that she did not know anyone by that name. This prompted the prosecutor to ask her on cross-examination if Appellant’s father was Muslim. Defense counsel objected based on relevance, and the prosecutor explained that most of the given names of Appellant’s siblings “are Muslim names. Ali’s name is Muslim. That was the relevance for my question.” The trial court ruled, “Okay. And only to that point, otherwise, religion would not be a factor.” The prosecutor then asked, “Do most of the male children either their first name or middle name have a Muslim background or culture name” When Appellant’s mother said no, the prosecutor asked the derivation of her son Sahil’s name, and she acknowledged, “His, I guess he is a Muslim.” The prosecutor then asked what her son Terrance’s middle name is, and she replied, “Jamohan.”

 
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