HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.
Kareem Allen was convicted of the murder of Shamar Edwards and the aggravated assaults of Donald Jumper, Amber McAdory, Patrick Edwards and Quintisha Page. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial,
1. Construed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence adduced at trial established that appellant and his co-defendants, Thomas, Lamar and Brown, came uninvited to a large teen party hosted by Ramona Barnes at her home on Baywood Drive, which was located two houses north of the home of appellant's mother. Appellant was seen at the party holding a handgun. After a disagreement arose between appellant and some of Barnes's invited guests, appellant and his co-defendants were asked to leave. Before they left appellant was overheard making threatening statements, including that he would "shoot this whole [obscenity] party up." Shortly thereafter, as the remaining guests were beginning to leave, multiple shots were fired in the direction of the unarmed victims who were in the front yard of Barnes's home. Shamar Edwards was shot in his leg; then, as he tried to run away, he was shot a second time in the back, fatally wounding him. Based on the location of the spent shell casings, the shots were fired from the street in front of appellant's mother's home where appellant and his co-defendants were standing, armed with one and possibly two guns; appellant was seen there at the time of the shootings by witnesses who either knew him already or identified him subsequently. After the shootings appellant went into his mother's house but shortly thereafter re-emerged wearing different clothing. Witnesses at the scene identified appellant as being involved in the shooting to police officers; after his arrest, appellant threatened to kill several witnesses.
Appellant introduced the testimony of six witnesses
"It is the role of the jury to resolve conflicts in the evidence and to determine the credibility of witnesses, and the resolution of such conflicts adversely to the defendant does not render the evidence insufficient. [Cit.]" Brooks v. State, 281 Ga. 514, 516(1), 640 S.E.2d 280 (2007). The evidence was sufficient to authorize a rational trier of fact to find appellant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of murder and aggravated assault. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979). His conduct before, during and after the crimes supported the finding that he was a party thereto, notwithstanding the jury's acquittal of appellant on the three weapons charges. OCGA § 16-2-21 ("[a]ny party to a crime who did not directly commit the crime may be indicted, tried, convicted, and punished for commission of the crime upon proof that the crime was committed and that he was a party thereto").
2. Appellant contends the trial court erred by denying his motion to sever his trial from that of his co-defendants. "The question of whether to grant a severance in a joint trial for a capital crime in which the death penalty is not sought is within the discretion of the trial court." (Footnote omitted.) Green v. State, 274 Ga. 686, 687(2), 558 S.E.2d 707 (2002). See also OCGA § 17-8-4(a). Appellant "had the burden to make a clear showing that a joint trial was prejudicial and resulted in a denial of due process. [Cit.]" Hanifa v. State, 269 Ga. 797, 805(4), 505 S.E.2d 731 (1998). In determining whether to grant a motion to sever, a trial court should consider three factors: whether a joint trial will create confusion of evidence and law; whether, despite limiting instructions, there is a danger that evidence implicating one defendant will be improperly considered against another defendant; and whether the defendants are asserting antagonistic defenses. Hall v. State, 286 Ga. 358(7), 687 S.E.2d 819 (2010). As to the first factor, our review of the record reveals no evidence
Appellant focuses primarily on the third factor, arguing that there were antagonistic defenses that required severance and that he showed the requisite resulting prejudice, pointing to the trial court's exclusion of the statement codefendant Lamar made to police.
3. Appellant's indictment was legally sufficient and was not subject to a special demurrer for the reasons set forth in Metz v. State, 284 Ga. 614(3), 669 S.E.2d 121 (2008).
4. Appellant contends the trial court erred by admitting incriminating statements co-defendant Brown made to witnesses Neal and Fagin.
5. Appellant contends the trial court erred by limiting his cross examination of the lead detective regarding the Atlanta Police Department's investigation of the detective for underreporting crimes in violation of Georgia law. The original trial judge reviewed the detective's file in camera and then issued his findings, see generally Dempsey v. State, 279 Ga. 546(3), 615 S.E.2d 522 (2005), that the file revealed only that the detective followed illegal orders and was reprimanded for doing so, but was not implicated in the giving of those orders and was not punished for any wrongdoing or indicted on any charges. Based on these findings, the trial court prohibited appellant from cross-examining the detective regarding the matter.
Trial courts are granted wide latitude insofar as the Confrontation Clause is concerned "to impose reasonable limits on such cross-examination based on concerns about, among other things, harassment, prejudice, confusion of the issues, ... or interrogation that is repetitive or only marginally relevant." State v. Vogleson, 275 Ga. 637, 639(1), 571 S.E.2d 752 (2002). See also Delaware v. Van Arsdall, 475 U.S. 673, 679, 106 S.Ct. 1431, 89 L.Ed.2d 674 (1986). But see Manley v. State, 287 Ga. 338(2), 698 S.E.2d 301 (2010) (trial court erred by limiting cross-examination on parole eligibility of State witness). We find no abuse of the trial court's discretion in limiting appellant's cross-examination of this witness.
6. Appellant contends the trial court erred by refusing to admit a version of the statement made to police by co-defendant Lamar redacted to remove Lamar's identification of the triggerman among the co-defendants. However, the statement also reflected that Lamar made no admission against his own interest but instead contained Lamar's self-serving pre-trial declaration of innocence, in that he claimed that he tried unsuccessfully to calm down the triggerman and walked away before the shots were fired. See Parker v. State, 276 Ga. 598(2), 581 S.E.2d 7 (2003) (self-serving pre-trial declarations of innocence are inadmissible hearsay unless declarant testifies and is subject to cross-examination).
7. Appellant contends the trial court erred by failing to give requested charges on voluntary manslaughter, mere presence and party to the crime. "A defendant is not entitled to a voluntary manslaughter
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.