A jury found Henry Lee Stubbs, III, guilty of a number of offenses, including armed robbery and hijacking a motor vehicle. Stubbs appeals, alleging the trial court erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal, erred in admitting evidence concerning a victim’s prior inconsistent statement, and erred in refusing to merge an aggravated assault charge into an attempted armed robbery charge. We find no error and affirm Stubbs’ convictions. 1. Stubbs claims in a two-paragraph argument that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal “in light of the lack of reliable identification evidence.” However, the standard of review for the denial of a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal is the same as that for reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction: the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to support the jury’s verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence; moreover, an appellate court does not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility but only determines whether the evidence is sufficient to support the jury’s verdict.1 Conflicts in the testimony of the witnesses are a matter for the jury to resolve, and, 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.2
Viewed in this light, the trial record shows that on January 18, 2005, at approximately 3:30 p.m., two black males took a green Ford F-150 truck at gunpoint from three victims at a liquor store in Warner Robins. At approximately 7:00 p.m. on the same day, a black male approached another victim in the parking lot of a Warner Robins Wal-Mart store, demanded “everything you’ve got,” and hit her in the face with a gun when she did not comply. When the victim began to scream, witnesses came to her aid and pursued the attacker. The pursuers saw a green Ford truck pick up the attacker in an adjoining store parking lot. A BOLO was immediately issued, and an officer spotted and pursued a green Ford F-150 matching the description provided by the witnesses.
