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A Cobb County jury convicted Horrachel Antonio Wilson of burglary, OCGA § 16-7-1, and obstruction of a law enforcement officer, OCGA § 16-10-24. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, contending the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction on either count. Finding no error, we affirm. In evaluating the sufficiency of the evidence supporting a conviction, this court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict. The presumption of innocence no longer applies, and we do not weigh evidence or determine witness credibility. Rather, we decide only if there is enough evidence from which a rational trier of fact could have found the accused guilty of the crime charge beyond a reasonable doubt. Footnotes omitted. Buckles v. State , __Ga. App.__1 Case No. A03A0499, Decided March 27, 2003. Given that standard, the following are the facts viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution. On January 11, 2002, the 17-year-old victim and his 16-year-old girlfriend stayed home from school at the victim’s house. The victim did not tell anyone else he was going to stay home that day. While the victim was in the shower, his girlfriend heard someone “banging” on the front door. The victim instructed her not to answer it, and she did not. Several minutes later, the victim and his girlfriend were watching television in the living room when they heard a loud crash in the victim’s bedroom. The victim walked to the room and saw Wilson crawling through the window and co-defendant Statavius Demarcos McMullen standing outside the window. Wilson was reaching over the victim’s bed, and was holding the victim’s computer game system. When confronted by the victim, Wilson dropped the game system, and he and McMullen fled to McMullen’s house down the street.

The victim called his mother who called 911, and officers responded to the victim’s house. The victim knew Wilson and McMullen, and pointed the officers to McMullen’s house less than a block away. The police went to the house and interviewed Wilson, who told them his last name was Brown. Wilson also gave the officers an inaccurate social security number. The police would later learn Wilson’s actual name and social security number, although he never provided that information or made any attempt to correct his previous inaccurate statements.

 
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