When reviewing a sufficiency of the evidence claim, this court is limited to an analysis of the record to determine whether the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the conviction, is sufficient to sustain the verdict. This court is to assume that the jury believed the state' s witnesses and disbelieved any contrary evidence. Reviewing the evidence in a manner favorable to the verdict is particularly important where the resolution of the case depends on conflicting testimony, because the weighing of the credibility of witnesses is the exclusive function of the jury. As the guilty verdicts demonstrate, the jury found the state's witness more credible than Barnes's witness. Barnes provides no compelling reason to second-guess the jury's credibility determinations.
Barnes also claims ineffective assistance of counsel.
Barnes claims that his attorney withheld a statement from Rodrick MacCharles and lied to him about the whereabouts of Jessica Harron. Barnes fails, however, to explain the relevance of either person's testimony, had they been called to testify at the trial. In any event, an ineffective assistance of counsel claim is more appropriately raised in a post-conviction proceeding than in a direct appeal.