HINES, Justice.
Marcus Maurice Benbow appeals his convictions for malice murder, burglary, armed robbery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and possession of firearms during the commission of felonies, all in connection with the death of Corey Walker, and the armed
In his sole enumeration of error, Benbow contends that the evidence introduced at trial was insufficient to support his convictions.
Mickens v. State, 277 Ga. 627, 627-628, 593 S.E.2d 350 (2004).
Kendall Worthy entered into a plea agreement with the State regarding his involvement in the crimes for which Benbow was convicted. Worthy testified that: he and Benbow, together with Fredrico Mikell, traveled from Waycross to Statesboro in a car driven by Bryan Hughley; before they left Waycross, an AK-47 assault rifle was placed in the trunk of the car; during the drive, Mikell tried to reach various drug dealers by telephone; Benbow told Mikell to tell anyone he reached that they had $3,500 to spend on drugs; the men learned that a drug dealer was in a gambling house in Statesboro; when they reached the gambling house, Mikell left the car; on returning, Mikell said that the drug dealer did not have sufficient drugs available; Benbow stated, "[w]e fixing to get something" and "[w]e didn't come down for nothing"; Benbow was seated in the car's backseat and slid along the seat so that the seat back could be dropped so as to access the trunk; Mikell retrieved the AK-47 from the trunk; Benbow got the ammunition clip for the rifle from the trunk and handed it to Mikell; Benbow took a .22 caliber pistol from under the front passenger seat; Mikell and Benbow exited the car and approached the door of the gambling house; Mikell knocked on the door and then ran, dropping the AK-47; when the door opened, Benbow placed his pistol inside the door, and struggled with the man who opened the door; Worthy exited the car and picked up the AK-47; as he approached the door, he heard a shot and Worthy fired multiple rounds from the AK-47 into the house as he backed away; Benbow
Surviving victims testified that: a dice game was going on in the house; the players had placed their money on the floor of the front room; Mikell knocked on the door; Walker spoke with him outside the house; upon his return inside, Walker stated that Mikell wanted to spend a large amount of money; sometime later, there was another knock on the door; James Williams answered the door and a pistol was inserted through the door opening; Williams struggled with the man at the door; and many shots were fired either by the person who had struggled with Williams at the door or another man. Testimony of the medical examiner established that Walker died of two gunshot wounds to the torso.
Benbow notes that, according to Worthy's testimony, Worthy and Benbow were accomplices, and that the testimony of an accomplice must be corroborated to sustain a conviction.
Matthews v. State, 284 Ga. 819, 819-820(1), 672 S.E.2d 633 (2009). It is not necessary that the corroborating evidence correspond to the accomplice's testimony in every particular. Bush v. State, 267 Ga. 877, 878-879, 485 S.E.2d 466 (1997). There was ample evidence corroborating Worthy's version of events, including that, at trial, Twala Williams identified Benbow as the man who came into the house and removed the money from the floor of the front room, and McClouden testified that Benbow was the man who struggled with James Williams at the front door.
Benbow presented the testimony of both his brother and the woman who was Benbow's girlfriend at the time of his trial that, at the time of the crimes, he was at his brother's residence in Waycross and not in Statesboro. Although he contends that this testimony renders the evidence against him insufficient, this is not so; such testimony only created a conflict in the evidence, and the credit to be given to an alibi witness is for the jury's determination. Mickens, supra at 629, 593 S.E.2d 350; McCoy v. State, 273 Ga. 568, 569(1), 544 S.E.2d 709 (2001).
Although Benbow does not specifically argue the sufficiency of the evidence as to the false imprisonment charges, the indictment set forth six counts of that crime, alleging that he "did confine" each of the six persons inside the house, thus violating OCGA § 16-5-41.
The evidence was sufficient to enable a rational trier of fact to find Benbow guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of all other crimes of which he was convicted. Jackson v. Virginia, supra.
Judgments affirmed in part and reversed in part.
All the Justices concur.