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A jury found Renard Sorrells guilty of two counts of armed robbery. Sorrells appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. He also argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. For reasons that follow, we affirm. 1. On appeal from a criminal conviction, we do not weigh the evidence or resolve issues of witness credibility.1 We merely determine whether the evidence, viewed favorably to the jury’s verdict, authorized the jury to find the defendant guilty of the crimes charged beyond a reasonable doubt.2

Construed in this manner, the evidence shows that, around 10:00 p.m. on August 18, 2000, Kevin Walton and Mark Addison drove to midtown Atlanta to a local bar. The two parked near the bar, then walked to an ATM so that Walton could obtain cash. After Walton withdrew $40 from the ATM, they passed two men, one of whom Walton subsequently identified as Sorrells, who asked whether they had any spare change. Addison said “no,” and they kept walking. A short time later, Walton heard someone approaching from behind. He turned around and saw Sorrells and the other man walking towards them.

 
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