Following a jury trial, Ronald G. McGhee was convicted on one count of possession of methamphetamine,1 one count of possession of drug related objects,2 and one count of driving with a suspended license.3 He appeals his convictions and the denial of his motion for new trial, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and arguing that the trial court erred in admitting similar transaction evidence, in admitting statements he made while in police custody, and in failing to give one of his requested jury charges. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm. 1. We first address McGhee’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his two drug-related convictions. “On appeal from a criminal conviction, the evidence must be construed in a light most favorable to the verdict and McGhee no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence.” Punctuation omitted. Dennis v. State .4 In evaluating the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction, we do not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility, but only determine whether a rational trier of fact could have found the defendant guilty of the charged offenses beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia .5
So viewed, the evidence shows that in the early afternoon of April 26, 2006, sheriff’s deputies went to McGhee’s residence in response to a 911 call by McGhee’s son about a possible burglary in progress. Upon arriving at McGhee’s residence, the deputies saw two men standing on the front porch. In questioning the men, the deputies learned that, unbeknownst to McGhee’s son, the men were friends of McGhee and were waiting for McGhee to return home with the pickup truck that he had borrowed from one of them. While the deputies continued questioning McGhee’s two friends, a red pickup truck, driven by McGhee, pulled into the driveway next door. One of the deputies approached McGhee and asked him for his driver’s license, at which time McGhee admitted that his license had been suspended for several years. After running a computer check to confirm this information, the deputy arrested McGhee for driving with a suspended license. In the pat-down search incident to the arrest, the deputy found a small plastic bag containing methamphetamine in McGhee’s wallet and a small glass pipe containing burnt residue in one of his pockets.