Donrico Marquez Clark and Anwar Akeem Flournoy were tried together and found guilty by a jury of aggravated assault with intent to rob and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. They were both acquitted of armed robbery.1 Clark, in Case No. A11A0865, and Flournoy, in Case No. A11A0866, appeal their convictions and the denial of their motions for new trial, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. Because the charges arose from the same set of facts and because Clark and Flournoy were jointly indicted and tried, we have consolidated their separate appeals for disposition in this single opinion. Finding no error, we affirm in both cases. Clark and Flournoy each raise the same enumerations of error, asserting that the jury verdict was contrary to the evidence and that the state failed to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. “When the general grounds are asserted, as here, only the sufficiency of the evidence can be considered,”2 and we apply the following standard of review: On appeal from a criminal conviction, the evidence must be construed in a light most favorable to the verdict, and the appellant no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence. An appellate court determines only the legal sufficiency of the evidence adduced below and does not weigh the evidence or assess the credibility of the witnesses,3 and we determine only if the evidence adduced at trial was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find the defendant guilty of the offenses charged beyond a reasonable doubt.4 Moreover, “conflicts in the testimony of witnesses, including the state’s witnesses, are a matter of credibility 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, the jury’s verdict will be upheld.”5
Properly construed, the record reflects that on July 31, 2009, the victim, Nicinor Ortiz Mejia, was accosted at his mailbox by two individuals, one of whom pointed a gun at the victim’s stomach with one hand and with his other hand took “stuff” from the victim’s pocket. The other assailant pushed the victim, so that he fell backwards onto a tire filled with concrete, injuring his head. The victim described the weapon held by his assailant in some detail. The state adduced the testimony of several witnesses who testified that while they were driving past the scene, they observed the attack, pulled over, and gave chase to the two attackers. One of these witnesses testified that the assailants were trying to take something out of the victim’s pocket; another testified that she saw one of the attackers going through the victim’s pockets. The attackers then fled together into nearby woods; and within seconds, four witnesses heard a sound like a gunshot coming from the direction where the attackers entered the woods. Shortly afterward, Clark and Flournoy were arrested after they were discovered hiding in a nearby shed, and the victim identified them as his attackers. At that time, the victim identified Clark as the individual who threatened him with the handgun; at trial, however, the victim testified that it was Flournoy who held the gun during the attack.
