Following a jury trial, Larry Zigmond Williams was convicted of terroristic threats OCGA § 16-11-37 a, hoax devices OCGA § 16-7-85 a, and four counts of armed robbery OCGA § 16-8-41 a.1 Williams claims on appeal that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions, that the trial court erred in giving a jury charge on party to a crime, and that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm because any rational trier of fact could have found beyond a reasonable doubt that Williams was guilty of the offenses for which he was convicted, because slight evidence supported the charge on party to a crime, and because defense counsel’s performance was not deficient. On appeal, we construe the evidence favorably to the jury’s verdict. Graves v. State , 280 Ga. App. 420 634 SE2d 186 2006. “We do not weigh the evidence or resolve issues of witness credibility, but merely determine whether the jury was authorized to find Williams guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.” Citation omitted. Hughes v. State , 290 Ga. App. 475 1 659 SE2d 844 2008. “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. If, as here, evidence of identity is entirely circumstantial, “such evidence must be so strong as to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused.” Footnote and punctuation omitted. Hart v. State , 305 Ga. App. 259, 262 1 a 699 SE2d 445 2010.
So viewed, the evidence shows that shortly before noon, Williams, described as a man wearing a mask, black gloves, safety goggles, overalls, a jacket, and a blue fisherman’s hat, walked into a Cobb County bank. The bank manager was standing at a kiosk greeting customers. Williams handed the manager a beer box, informed her that it was a bomb, and demanded, “Give me the Goddamn money. You’ve got a minute and twenty to get out of here.” Investigators later determined that the purported bomb, which contained a butane cylinder and a clock, had no power unit and could not have caused an explosion.
