A Tattnall County jury found Patrick Cail guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of aggravated assault, OCGA § 16-5-21 a 2, based upon an altercation that occurred while Cail was an inmate at the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville. Cail appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial. For the following reasons, we affirm. 1. Cail challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and contends the jury’s verdict was contrary to the weight of the evidence presented. 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, 319 III B 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979. It is the duty of the jury, not this Court, to resolve conflicts in the testimony, weigh the evidence, and draw reasonable inferences from the evidence. 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.
On March 7, 1994, Cail and his co-defendant, Michael Wilson, were incarcerated at Georgia State Prison. At approximately 8:15 p.m. that evening, Wilson became involved in an altercation with another inmate during which Wilson threw bleach in the face of the inmate, then repeatedly stabbed him. According to the victim and another inmate who witnessed the attack, Cail walked over to the victim and joined the attack. Cail had a metal knife or shank in his hand and repeatedly stabbed the victim in the head and chest. According to the victim, an officer at the prison witnessed the attack but did not intervene.1 After the attack, Cail and Wilson ran through a door into another area of the prison. The victim testified that, as he lay on the floor after the attack, he thought he saw a different inmate pick up the weapons used by Cail and Wilson. The victim was seriously injured as a result of the attack.
