Following a jury trial, Robert Helsep Kemp IV was found guilty of family violence battery, battery, and disorderly conduct. He appeals his conviction, contending that the evidence was insufficient, that the trial court erred by failing to give a limiting instruction before admitting evidence of prior difficulties, and that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to an improper closing argument. Following our review, we affirm. 1. When a criminal defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction, “the relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U. S. 307, 319 III B 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979. It is the function of the jury, not this Court, to resolve conflicts in the testimony, weigh the evidence, and draw reasonable inferences from the evidence. Id. “As long as there is some competent evidence, even though contradicted, to support each fact necessary to make out the State’s case, the jury’s verdict will be upheld.” Citation and punctuation omitted. Miller v. State , 273 Ga. 831, 832 546 SE2d 524 2001.
The record reveals that on September 5, 2010, two girls were playing inside a home located across the street from Kemp when they heard an argument and a woman’s screams. The children looked out of their window and saw Kemp attacking his wife in the garage of the Kemp home. The girls testified that when Kemp spotted them watching the attack, he closed the garage door. The children called 911. When police responded, the officers knocked and rang the doorbell repeatedly, telephoned the house, and used their vehicle’s PA speaker before, after approximately 45 minutes, Kemp opened the door. Kemp initially told officers that his wife was not home, but later admitted that she was present. When officers spoke with his wife, they observed that she had blood running from her lip, a black eye, and a swollen face. The wife said that she had attempted to leave, but that Kemp would not let her, and that he had hit her. She told police that she had fallen in the garage and “busted” her lip. Kemp told police that his cousins had been arguing in the garage earlier that day, but that they were gone.
