Following a jury trial, Jason Patrick Patterson was convicted of one count of burglary, one count of armed robbery, three counts of aggravated assault, three counts of kidnapping, and three counts of false imprisonment.1 Patterson filed a motion for new trial asserting various grounds, including insufficiency of the evidence, which, after a hearing, the trial court granted as to one of the kidnapping counts. The trial court denied the motion as to all other grounds and Patterson now appeals. He contends that the State’s evidence was insufficient to support two of his convictions, that his trial counsel was ineffective, and that the trial court erred in allowing into evidence certain testimony in violation of OCGA § 17-18-1. Upon our review, we affirm. 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.” Emphasis in original. Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U.S. 307, 319 III B 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979. The jury, not this Court, resolves conflicts in the testimony, weighs the evidence, and draws reasonable inferences from basic facts to ultimate facts. 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.
So viewed, the facts relevant to the appeal reveal that on the afternoon of March 26, 2006, the victim was in the kitchen of his Cobb County home when a man, later identified as Patterson, entered the room through the door leading from the carport. Patterson, who was wearing a motorcycle helmet, pointed a automatic pistol at the victim’s head and demanded his money and jewelry. The victim told him where his money and valuables were located, and told him that his two young children were in their rooms. Patterson ordered the victim to lie down on the floor and covered his head with a towel. The victim heard a second person enter the room. The accomplice was later identified as Daniel Steele.
