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Jai Devon Lee was indicted for identity fraud under OCGA § 16-9-121. He pled not guilty to the charge and was tried before a jury, which found him guilty of the offense. The trial judge sentenced Lee, who has four prior felony convictions, to serve ten years in prison. Lee appeals. 1. Lee contends there is insufficient evidence to support his conviction. The contention is without merit. 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 a presumption of innocence; moreover, this Court determines evidence sufficiency and does not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility. Resolving evidentiary conflicts and inconsistencies, and assessing witness credibility, are the province of the factfinder, not this Court. As long as there is some evidence, even though contradicted, to support each necessary element of the state’s case, this Court will uphold the jury’s verdict.1 Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence in the instant case shows that Lee used to work for Snelling Personnel Services, a company which provides temporary workers for businesses. Lee had received payroll checks from Snelling and had kept in contact with the company to update his file, most recently in August 2004. On December 6, 2004, someone using the fictitious name of James Strobridge ordered 500 Snelling payroll checks from NEBS Business Forms in Massachusetts. The order was placed from Lee’s cellular telephone and the address to which the checks were to be shipped is Lee’s home address of 17 Mikell Street in Statesboro.

Four days later, on December 10th, a second call was made from Lee’s telephone to NEBS, inquiring about the status of the order. That same day, the shipment of the 500 payroll checks to be delivered to Lee’s house arrived in Statesboro. The delivery driver, however, recognized that the Mikell Street address is a private residence and he knew that Snelling’s office is actually located on South Zetterower Avenue, so he delivered the shipment to the business office on South Zetterower.

 
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