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A jury found Nathan Walker guilty on two counts of armed robbery and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Walker appeals, asserting several errors and also enumerating the general grounds. Finding no error, we affirm. 1. Walker first argues that the court erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal on all counts. The standard of review for the denial of a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal is the same as for determining the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction. We view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. We do not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility, but only determine if the evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find the defendant guilty of the charged offense beyond a reasonable doubt. Citations and punctuation omitted. Sullivan v. State , 277 Ga. App. 738-739 627 SE2d 437 2006; see also Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U. S. 307 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, the evidence showed that on August 26, 2003, a Payless shoe store was robbed by two men. One of the men took a store employee to the back of the store at gunpoint where he instructed her to get money from a safe, while the second man kept another employee occupied. Once they had the money, the robbers led the store employees to a bathroom before fleeing in a white Chevrolet Cavalier. One of the store employees identified Walker in a lineup as the gunman and the driver of the Cavalier. She also positively identified the vehicle from photographs presented at trial. Neither of the victims, however, could identify Walker at trial.

 
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