A Spalding County jury found Willie James Walker guilty of possession of cocaine, OCGA § 16-13-30 a.1 Walker appeals from the order denying his motion for new trial, contending that the trial court erred in allowing hearsay into evidence and that the evidence adduced was insufficient to support his conviction. Finding no reversible error, we affirm. 1. Walker argues that the evidence supporting his possession of cocaine conviction was insufficient. When a criminal defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his or her conviction, “the relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” Citation omitted; emphasis in original. Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U. S. 307, 318-319 III B 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979. The jury, not this Court, resolves conflicts in the testimony, weighs the evidence, and draws reasonable inferences from basic facts to ultimate facts. Id. “As long as there is some competent evidence, even though contradicted, to support each fact necessary to make out the State’s case, the jury’s verdict will be upheld.” Citation and punctuation omitted. Miller v. State , 273 Ga. 831, 832 546 SE2d 524 2001. Viewed in this light, the record reveals the following facts.
During the early morning of December 14, 2006, a police officer with the Griffin Police Department was dispatched to a Spalding County home to investigate a report that a black male wearing khaki pants, a white shirt, and a black jacket was causing a disturbance outside the home. The officer arrived at 1:22 a.m., met with the homeowners, but did not find the offender. The officer returned an hour later, responding to a second call, but failed to find the offender. The officer waited in the area, and at around 3:00 a.m., saw a person matching the description he had been given approach the home. The officer, who was about 30 feet away, observed the man walk across the street and under the street lamp directly in front of the home. The man entered the yard, walked up to the house, peered through the windows, circled the house, and then stepped up to the front door. The officer approached the man and ordered him to lie down on the ground, but the man failed to comply. After a brief struggle, the officer arrested the man, who was identified as Walker. During a search incident to Walker’s arrest, the officer found a crack pipe concealed inside Walker’s sock. A GBI crime lab chemist tested the residue inside the pipe and determined that it was cocaine.
