Willie Reynolds was indicted by a Brooks County grand jury on charges of rape, incest, and false imprisonment. A jury found him guilty as charged, he was sentenced, and his motion for an out-of-time appeal was granted. He appeals, raising the general grounds and alleging that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel. We find no merit in either enumeration and we affirm the judgment. 1. We first consider whether the evidence was sufficient to authorize the jury to find Reynolds guilty. On appeal, the evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence. This court cannot weigh the evidence or judge witness credibility; we determine only whether the evidence is sufficient under the standard set forth in Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U. S. 307 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979. Mallon v. State , 253 Ga. App. 51, 53 3 557 SE2d 409 2001.
So viewed, the evidence presented at trial showed that Reynolds’s family attended a family gathering at the home of his wife’s mother. Reynolds’s wife and her mother went to a neighbor’s home to play cards, and Reynolds took his four stepdaughters home to feed them and get them ready for bed. After the children had been fed and bathed, the younger children settled in the living room to watch television. Reynolds’s eleven-year-old stepdaughter did not want to watch the program her younger siblings were watching, and Reynolds gave her permission to watch television in her mother’s bedroom. Reynolds then took a bath himself, and wearing only his shorts, he entered the bedroom. When he locked both bedroom doors, the victim tried to leave the room because she “had a funny feeling,” but Reynolds would not let her leave. Reynolds asked his stepdaughter to perform oral sex, and she declined. He then forcibly managed to get her clothes off, and raped her on the bed. When the victim told him to stop, he said “no, relax.” The victim testified that he penetrated her and it hurt, “like somebody was punching me.” Reynolds told the victim not to tell anyone what had happened. After Reynolds ejaculated, the victim cleaned herself in the bathroom.
