After a jury trial, Steve Lamar Allison was convicted of three counts of felony theft by receiving and one count of misdemeanor theft by receiving. He pled guilty to possession of a gun by a convicted felon. Allison received an aggregate sentence of ten years to serve and ten years probation. On appeal, Allison challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the denial of his motion to suppress. We affirm. On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in a light most favorable to the verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. We do not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility, but only determine if the evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find the defendant guilty of the charged offense beyond a reasonable doubt.1 So viewed, the record shows that the items that were the subject of the charges filed against Allison were a Lincoln welder Count 1, which was the property of a construction company, a 12-gauge shotgun Count 2, which was the property of Margie Abernathy, a Makita saw Count 3, which belonged to Eric Ferguson, and a road sign Count 4, which was the property of the Georgia Department of Transportation “GDOT”. Eric Ferguson testified that in February of 2005, he reported that his Makita saw had been stolen; that he had not given Allison permission to have the saw; that he had worked with Allison before and had been engaged to Allison’s daughter, Stacy; and that Allison had stolen other items from him after Ferguson and Stacy ended their relationship. Ferguson testified that he discovered that his saw was missing after receiving a phone call from Janice Thompson, Allison’s ex-wife, and Stacy, who stated that the saw was on their property. Even though Thompson and Allison had been married and divorced twice, they lived in the same house. Ferguson acknowledged that he had previously lived with Allison and his family for a period of time but testified that he had not left any of his property there. Janice Thompson testified that on February 7, 2005, she went to the Hall County Sheriff’s Department and reported that Allison was on drugs, that items were showing up at their house, that people were entering and exiting the house during the night, and that she did not know how to handle the situation. Thompson told the police that Allison had a road sign, which he told her he wanted to collect, and a welder, which Allison said he had gotten from another man. Thompson testified that Allison had guns in his possession, which he told her belonged to Margie Abernathy, but he did not explain how he acquired them. However, Thompson also testified that Abernathy’s daughter asked Allison to come get the guns and told him he could have all but one of them.
Richard Alford testified that he and Allison worked for the same employer in 1997; that Allison worked for him for one day in 2004; that a dispute arose because Allison did not want to be paid under his own name and social security number; that some time later, he contacted the police to report that a welder had been stolen from his shop; and that the welder was found by police at Allison’s house.
