A Fulton County jury found Stanley Woods guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of three counts of aggravated child molestation, OCGA § 16-6-4 c; two counts of aggravated sexual battery, OCGA § 16-6-22.2 b; and six counts of child molestation, OCGA § 16-6-4 a 1, arising from the sexual abuse of a friend’s nine-year-old daughter. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, asserting that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction, that the trial court erred in admitting similar transaction evidence, and that the court erred in granting the State’s motion in limine. He also contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. For the following reasons, we affirm. 1. Woods contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions, arguing that the testimony of the victim and the other prosecution witnesses was not credible, consistent, or corroborated. 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. Citations omitted. Rankin v. State , 278 Ga. 704, 705 606 SE2d 269 2004. 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 this light, the record reveals the following facts. In the summer and fall of 2004, when Woods was 38 years old, he regularly assisted a family friend by taking care of her nine-year-old daughter hereinafter, “the victim”. Woods picked up the victim from school, watched her while her mother was not at home, and took her out to eat, to the park, to her medical appointments, and to his job sites. He also purchased clothes, including underwear, and other items for the victim. According to the victim, during the same time period, Woods regularly sexually abused her at her home and at other places, including his car, an isolated area of a nearby park, a vacant house, and two motels, an “Executive Inn” and a “Super 8 Motel,” that were located next to each other. The victim described several separate incidents in which Woods kissed her and inserted his tongue in her mouth; touched her breasts, genitals, and anus; performed oral sex on her; made her perform oral sex on him; and anally sodomized her. In addition, on three occasions, Woods made her take off her clothes, gave her thong underwear to put on, and used his cellphone to take pictures of her buttocks and genital area.
