A Newton County jury convicted Jarred Johnson of one count of hijacking a motor vehicle OCGA § 16-5-44.1, two counts of aggravated assault OCGA § 16-5-21, one count of first-degree child cruelty OCGA § 16-5-70 b, four counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony OCGA § 16-11-106, and one count of possession of less than one ounce of marijuana OCGA § 16-13-30. Johnson now appeals from the denial of his new trial motion, arguing that i the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions; and ii the trial court failed to define attempt with respect to its charge to the jury on hijacking a motor vehicle. Finding that the evidence was sufficient to support his convictions under the theories of conspiracy and parties to a crime, we affirm. Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict Drammeh v. State , 285 Ga. App. 545, 546 1 646 SE2d 742 2007, the record shows that in the late evening of November 17, 2006, Shawn Nelson was sitting in his car talking on his cell phone, while parked outside his aunt’s house on Spring Road. A man suddenly approached the driver’s side window, tapped a gun on the window, and pointed it at Nelson. Nelson attempted to lock the door of the car; however, the man opened the door, put the gun to Nelson’s forehead, ordered him to get out of the vehicle and then to get back in it. As the two wrestled inside the car, Nelson’s arm hit the car horn, and he called for his grandfather. His family ran outside to see about the commotion, and the assailant fled on foot across the street. Nelson’s family called the police, and Nelson described his attacker to 911 as a black man wearing brown coveralls, glasses, and a black skull cap, and that he possessed a black 9 millimeter gun.
Angela Rosser was driving on Spring Road that same evening when she nearly struck a man, who darted out in front of her vehicle. Wearing brown coveralls and a black stocking cap over his head, the man ran across the street and got into the passenger side of a Mitsubishi Mirage, which was parked in a driveway with its parking lights on. The driver of the Mitsubishi was wearing a dark-colored ski mask. Rosser called 911 to report the incident after the Mitsubishi followed her car a short distance before turning on its headlights.
