Ramey Carter was indicted by a Ware County grand jury on one count of kidnapping. He was found guilty, his motion for new trial was denied, and he appeals, asserting the general grounds and error in the trial court’s handling of a witness who invoked the marital privilege. Finding no error, we affirm. 1. We first address the general grounds. On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict and the appellant is no longer entitled to a presumption of innocence. An appellate court does not weigh evidence or determine witness credibility, but determines only if the evidence is sufficient under the standard of Jackson v. Virginia to support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Conflicts in testimony and questions about witness credibility are matters for the jury to resolve. As long as there is some competent evidence, even though contradicted, to support each fact necessary for the state’s case, the jury’s verdict will be upheld. Citations, punctuation, and footnotes omitted. Edwards v. State , 271 Ga. App. 415, 416-417 609 SE2d 741 2005. Construed to support the jury’s verdict, the evidence shows that Carter and the victim, his wife, had a stormy relationship. A few weeks before this incident, the victim’s brother had called her to let her know that Carter was coming to Waycross. The brother did so because he was concerned for her safety. He testified that the victim was “scared.” He called Carter and told him not to hurt his sister; Carter responded, “I’m going to get locked up for a long time, and I want to spend some time with her.” The victim’s brother told Carter that he would meet him to pick up his sister, but he was unable to find Carter or his sister.
On October 4, 2003, a Waycross city police officer responded to a call from a grocery store parking lot. When he arrived, he spoke to Suzanne Cox, who appeared “scared” and “nervous.” She told the officer that she and the victim had been riding together in a pickup truck when Carter, driving another vehicle, cut them off and blocked their path by pulling in front of them. She said that Carter approached the truck, pushed the victim across the seat, entered the truck, and “drove off at a high rate of speed.” She observed that the victim was “fighting him as they drove off through the parking lot.” In a later interview with a detective at the Waycross Police Department, Cox stated that she was afraid for the victim and that Carter was upset and angry to the point that she was unable to talk with him. She also stated that Carter pushed her to the ground as he got in the truck and that the victim locked her legs around the steering wheel in an attempt to keep Carter from dragging her out of the truck.
