MELTON, Justice.
Following a jury trial, Irving Anthony Folston was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, and various other offenses in connection with the shooting death of Anthony
1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury's verdict, the evidence reveals that, on May 1, 2008, Folston met with his drug selling partner, Levaughn Marcel Sloans, gave Sloans a silver revolver, and told Sloans that they needed to "handle" a situation. Stephen Smith, who was with Sloans at the time in order to purchase drugs from him, overheard the conversation between Folston and Sloans. Sloans turned to Smith and said "I got something I got to go do; I have to take care of something." Folston then went with Sloans to look for President, a man who had allegedly stolen drugs and money from Folston in the past. Folston and Sloans drove to a nearby store, where they found President, and Sloans fired at President several times, hitting him in the right side. The bullet traveled through President's heart, killing him. Another bullet fired from the gun hit the tire of a nearby car in which Taisha Wesley was driving with her three sons. Later that evening, Folston approached Smith and told him "I don't want you going around talking about what happened earlier today."
The evidence was sufficient to enable a rational trier of fact to find Folston guilty of all of the crimes of which he was convicted beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979); see also OCGA § 16-2-20 (parties to a crime).
2. Folston contends that the trial court erred in allowing into evidence Smith's hearsay testimony regarding the statement that Sloans made to him about having "something [that he had] to go do" just before the murder. However, Folston did not object to this testimony at trial. Therefore, he has waived review of this issue on appeal. Bailey v. State, 291 Ga. 144(2), 728 S.E.2d 214 (2012).
In any event, even if Folston had objected, the statement would have been properly admitted into evidence as a declaration against Folston by Sloans as a co-conspirator involved in the murder. Indeed, pursuant to former OCGA § 24-3-5,
3. For the reasons stated in Division 2, supra, Folston's contention that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the admission into evidence of Sloans' statement to Smith is also without merit. Hayes v. State, 262 Ga. 881, 884-885(3)(c), 426 S.E.2d 886 (1993) ("Failure to make a meritless objection cannot be evidence of ineffective assistance").
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.