Appellant Damian Darnell Henderson was convicted on two counts of felony murder, four counts of armed robbery and kidnapping, and one count of aggravated assault in connection with the shooting death of Steven Bass and the armed robberies of Kenyata Bluford, Rashun Lucas, Anthony Calhoun and Treman Spencer. The trial court denied Henderson’s motion for new trial1 and he appeals. 1. The evidence authorized the jury to find that Atlanta area residents Henderson, Tyrone Ross and Lamar Barge drove to Macon, ultimately arriving at a duplex on San Juan Avenue. Bluford was outside the duplex talking on a cell phone when Henderson and Barge approached with guns drawn and ordered him inside at gunpoint; Ross, who was also armed, followed. The three gunmen told Bluford and the other occupants of the two-room duplex, namely, Lucas, Calhoun and Spencer, to empty their pockets. These four men were then ordered into one room and told to remove their clothes and get on the floor. Ross hit Lucas over the head with his gun. There was a knock at the door; the gunmen let Bass inside and demanded money from him. Bass, who worked as a pizza deliveryman and was armed, fired his gun. In the ensuing exchange of gunfire, both Ross and Bass were shot; Bass’s wounds were fatal. The gunmen fled and the surviving victims went to a neighboring house to call police. Ross got a ride to the hospital; when he awoke from surgery, the police were there to question him and he gave a statement. Bluford, Lucas and Spencer identified Henderson in photographic lineups.
Henderson, Barge and Ross were indicted jointly. Ross pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and testified at the trial of his co-indictees. All four surviving victims testified at trial, as did Henderson and his co-defendant Barge. Henderson maintained that he went to the duplex for a drug deal, not a robbery, and did not fire the gun he had with him. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, we conclude that the evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find Henderson guilty beyond a reasonable doubt as either the perpetrator of or a party to the crimes for which he was convicted. Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U. S. 307 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979; Scott v. State , 280 Ga. 466 1 629 SE2d 211 2006. See also OCGA § § 16-2-20 a, 16-2-21.
