A jury found Curtis Green guilty of hijacking a motor vehicle, aggravated assault, and aggravated sexual battery. The jury was unable to reach a verdict as to a charge of rape, and the trial court granted a mistrial as to that count. Green appeals from his conviction, alleging that the trial court erred in i failing to strike a prospective juror for cause, ii instructing the jury as to where the alleged crimes took place, iii denying his motion for a directed verdict based on his claim that the state failed to establish venue, and iv allowing evidence to be presented that he was stopped in a stolen vehicle belonging to the victim of a similar crime. Green also claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons set forth below, we discern no reversible error and affirm. On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to support the jury’s verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence.1 We do not weigh the evidence or consider 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.2
So viewed, the evidence shows that on the evening of April 18, 2002, the nineteen-year-old victim, M. M., went to a club in the Buckhead section of Atlanta with two friends. Shortly after midnight, the victim left the club and began walking to the lot where her friend’s car was parked. As the victim approached the car, a man whom she later identified as Green approached her, pulled out a gun, and demanded that she get into the car with him. When the victim resisted, Green hit her in the head with the butt of his gun and shoved her into the car. Green then drove the victim to a nearby residential area, stopped the car, and demanded that she remove her clothes. When the victim resisted, Green ripped off her clothes and committed the acts that served as the basis for his aggravated sexual assault conviction. After the assault, Green forced the victim out of the car while she was still naked, and he drove away.
