Miguel Henri Williams was charged with kidnapping with bodily injury Count 1, kidnapping Count 2, aggravated sexual battery Count 3, two counts of aggravated assault Counts 4 and 5, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute Count 6, two counts of possession of controlled substances Counts 7 and 8, and obstruction or hindering a law enforcement officer Count 9. After a jury trial, Williams was convicted on Count 1 of kidnapping as a lesser included offense and on Counts 4 through 9. He was acquitted on the remaining counts 2 and 3. On appeal, Williams challenges the sufficiency of the evidence as to the kidnapping and obstruction charges. He also argues that the trial court incorrectly instructed the jury on the asportation element of kidnapping and failed to merge the aggravated assault in Count 4 with Count 1. We find no error and affirm. On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict and an appellant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. This Court determines whether the evidence is sufficient under the standard of Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U.S. 307 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979, and does not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility. Any conflicts or inconsistencies in the evidence are for the jury to resolve. As long as there is some competent evidence, even though contradicted, to support each fact necessary to make out the state’s case, we must uphold the jury’s verdict.1 Viewed in favor of the verdict, the evidence shows that in August of 2007, Chrissy Hafley, the victim was residing with a friend in a motel in Gwinnett County. While searching for a more permanent living arrangement, Hafley met a man named “Steve,” who told her they could get a place together at the Baymont Inn. Instead, Steve introduced her to Williams, who had a suite at the Baymont Inn. Hafley testified that there were several people in Williams’s suite who were doing drugs and converting powder cocaine to crack cocaine. Hafley admitted that she smoked crack cocaine in Williams’s suite. Hafley testified that she left the room with a woman named “Tina” and went to another hotel, where she sat on the bed as Tina had sex with a man in the bathroom. Thereafter, they went to another hotel where Tina left Hafley with a Caucasian man. When Tina returned, she told Hafley that they needed to return to the Baymont Inn to retrieve Hafley’s bag from Williams’s suite. When they arrived, the same people, who were described by Hafley as drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes, were present in the room along with Williams. Hafley testified that her plan was to retrieve her bag and return to the hotel across the street where she had been earlier. However, she was not allowed to leave.
Hafley testified that Lisa Emerson, Williams’s main prostitute, beat her with her fists when she tried to leave. Then, according to Hafley, Williams choked her from behind, hit her, pointed a gun at her back, and dragged her into the bathroom. Hafley further testified that while in the bathroom, Williams explained to her that he was a pimp; that Steve had sold her to him for $500 in exchange for drugs; and that she was not leaving, would smoke crack as instructed, and was going to prostitute for him to repay Steve’s debt. Williams then turned the shower on and instructed Hafley to remove her clothes, bathed her, and inserted his fingers into her vagina without her consent.
