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An Emanuel County jury found Pamela Green guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of burglary, OCGA § 16-7-1; and theft by deception, OCGA § 16-8-3. Following the denial of her motion for a new trial, Green appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and contending that she received ineffective assistance of counsel. Finding no error, we affirm. 1. Green contends there was no evidence that she entered the burgled residence or otherwise participated in the burglary committed by her husband and another man. In addition, with regard to the charge of theft by deception, Green contends there was no evidence that she made any false statement or confirmed any false fact to the victim, who bought a stolen trailer from her husband. On appeal from a criminal conviction, the appellate court views the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict and an appellant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. The appellate 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, the appellate court must uphold the jury’s verdict. Citations omitted. Rankin v. State , 278 Ga. 704, 705 606 SE2d 269 2004.1 The standard of Jackson v. Virginia is met if the evidence is sufficient for any rational trier of fact to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the crime charged. Clark v. State , 275 Ga. 220, 221 1 564 SE2d 191 2002.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence showed the following. In May or early June of 2007, Green’s husband and an acquaintance, Gregory Young, went to Lee Moore’s house in Emanuel County, which someone had told them was “abandoned,” at least four times and took a large utility trailer, appliances, tools, and various other items. On the third trip, Young and Green’s husband went inside the house, and it was apparent that someone still lived there. After Young refused to go back in the house, Green’s husband told Young that he was going to go back to the house to get a welder. Green went along on at least two trips to Moore’s house, including the trip when they took the trailer, and told her husband what she wanted him to take from Moore’s property.

 
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