BLACKWELL, Justice.
Javon Durham was tried by a Bibb County jury and convicted of murder and other crimes related to the killing of Cornelius Baldwin. Durham appeals, contending only that the trial court erred when it allowed the State to introduce certain testimony. Upon our review of the record and briefs, we find no error, and we affirm.
1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence shows that, around 3:00 on the afternoon of January 9, 2010, Baldwin and his girlfriend, Sharon Dotson, were preparing to leave Baldwin's home in Macon so that they could pick up Dotson's older children from school. Dotson put her two younger children in the backseat of Baldwin's vehicle. As Dotson got into the front passenger seat, she saw a purple car pull up to the home. Dotson heard a gunshot, and she saw a man get out of the purple car and shoot at Baldwin. Baldwin suffered gunshot wounds to his right arm and chest, with the chest wound involving a puncture of his diaphragm and leaving it difficult for him to speak.
The gunman approached Baldwin, and as he did, Dotson heard Baldwin say, "Yavon, man, why [are] you doing this ...?" The assailant demanded that Baldwin give over all his money, and Baldwin gave the assailant his money belt and his coat, in the pocket of which was an envelope containing a "large sum of money." The assailant then approached Dotson and demanded her cell phone, which she provided to him.
Dotson used Baldwin's cell phone to call 911, and Baldwin again stated that "Yavon" shot him. Baldwin was still responsive when paramedics arrived on the scene approximately five minutes later, and he told a paramedic in the ambulance that he was shot by his "homeboy Javon." Baldwin died at the hospital as a result of the injuries he sustained in the shooting.
Later that day, and into the following morning, Detective David Patterson contacted persons whose phone numbers he found on Baldwin's cell phone. During this process, Patterson spoke with Jamaal Ragins, who had been acquainted with both Durham and Baldwin for several years. When Patterson asked Ragins if Baldwin knew anyone named "Yavon," Ragins responded that Baldwin knew Javon Durham, and Ragins further explained that Baldwin had a habit of pronouncing the letter "J" as a "Y," so that he would refer to Durham as "Yavon." That same day, Patterson showed Dotson a photo lineup that included Durham's photograph, and Dotson identified Durham as the assailant.
Patterson's investigation also revealed that Durham's girlfriend, Genisha Thomas, drove a purple Ford Fusion. Dotson later identified that car as the one driven by Durham
Durham does not dispute that the evidence is sufficient to sustain his convictions, but consistent with our usual practice in murder cases, we have independently reviewed the record to assess the legal sufficiency of the evidence. When we consider the legal sufficiency of the evidence, "we must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict and leave questions of credibility and the resolution of conflicts in the evidence to the jury." Bradley v. State, 292 Ga. 607, 609(1)(a), 740 S.E.2d 100 (2013). So viewed, we conclude that the evidence adduced at trial was legally sufficient to authorize a rational trier of fact to find beyond a reasonable doubt that Durham was guilty of felony murder and the armed robberies of both Baldwin and Dotson. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319(III)(B), 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979).
2. Durham claims that the trial court violated his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation when it allowed several statements made by Baldwin to be introduced at trial. First, the trial court allowed the jury to hear a recording of the 911 call in which Baldwin could be heard saying that it was "Yavon" who shot him. Second, the trial court allowed Patterson to testify that he overheard Baldwin tell the paramedic in the ambulance that he was shot by his "homeboy Javon." Durham now claims that both of these statements were testimonial in nature and therefore inadmissible under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment.
Because Durham did not raise a claim under the Confrontation Clause until his appeal, he has failed to properly preserve such a challenge for appellate review. "There is a distinct difference between a challenge to the admission of evidence based
Yancey v. State, 275 Ga. 550, 557(3), 570 S.E.2d 269 (2002) (citations and punctuation omitted). Because Durham's only argument before the trial court was that the statements at issue were inadmissible hearsay, we are foreclosed from considering his claim under the Confrontation Clause.
3. Finally, Durham alleges that the trial court erred when it permitted Ragins to testify that Baldwin had a habit of pronouncing the letter "J" as a "Y" and that he would pronounce Durham's name as "Yavon" instead of "Javon." According to Durham's argument on appeal, the State failed to show that Ragins was qualified to provide his opinion of Baldwin's speech patterns. But Durham did not make any objection to this testimony before the trial court, and he has waived this claim on appeal. See Johnson v. State, 292 Ga. 785, 787-788(3), 741 S.E.2d 627 (2013).
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.