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Ga.App. 682, 684(1), 555S.E.2d 59 (2001)] (arrest occurred five months after the charged crimes); Nealy v. State, 246 Ga.App. 752, 753(1) (542 S.E.2d 521) (2000) (arrest occurred 26 days after the charged crime).” Reese v. State, 313 Ga.App. 746, 722 S.E.2d 441 (January 27, 2012). Theft by receiving and related convictions affirmed; trial court properly admitted evidence of other items in defendant’s pockets at time of incident, apparently belonging to someone else. State tendered a picture showing stolen jewelry and a cell phone belonging to victims at trial, “as well as a credit card under the name Carie Agnew, who did not testify and was not further identified at trial. Reese argues that allowing the jury to see the credit card improperly placed his character at issue. But the credit card in a woman's name was found along with stolen women's jewelry, and evidence of both permitted an inference that Reese possessed items belonging to someone else. ‘Evidence that is relevant and material to an issue in the case is not made inadmissible because it incidentally places the defendant's character in issue.’ (Punctuation omitted.) Buice v. State, 289 Ga.App. 415, 417(2) (657 S.E.2d 326) (2008). Further, ‘[t]he State is entitled to present evidence of the entire res gestae of the crime. Even though a defendant is not charged with every crime committed during a criminal transaction, every aspect of it relevant to the crime charged may be presented at trial.’ (Punctuation omitted.) Nash v. State, 285 Ga. 753, 754(2)(a) (683 S.E.2d 591) (2009).” Hall v. State, 313 Ga.App. 670, 722 S.E.2d 392 (January 25, 2012). Aggravated assault conviction affirmed; victim’s testimony about defendant’s “excessive alcohol consumption, his treatment for alcohol addiction, his mental health problems, his suicide threat, his possession of the handgun, or the 1995 incident in which he argued with the police and was arrested,” was properly admitted as “part of the res gestae of the numerous incidents of prior difficulties between the parties.” Nations v. State, 290 Ga. 39, 717 S.E.2d 634 (November 7, 2011). Malice murder and related convictions affirmed; no ineffective assistance “ for not objecting to testimony by police officers regarding his arrest for driving under the influence of intoxicants in North Carolina on the evening of the shooting. … [I]n general, the circumstances connected with a defendant's arrest are admissible into evidence, even if such circumstances incidentally place the defendant's character in issue. Nichols v. State, 282 Ga. 401, 403(2) (651 S.E.2d 15) (2007). And, the failure to make a meritless objection will not provide support for finding trial counsel ineffective. Wesley v. State, 286 Ga. 355, 357(3)(e) (689 S.E.2d 280) (2010). Moreover, there could have been no prejudice to Nations by this testimony because there was ample and undisputed evidence that Nations had consumed a substantial amount of alcohol prior to the shooting and his flight from the crime scene. Kitchens v. State, [289 Ga. 242, 244(2)(b) (710 S.E.2d 551) (2011)].” Morey v. State, 312 Ga.App. 678, 719 S.E.2d 504 (November 3, 2011). Aggravated assault and related convictions affirmed; earlier incident, where same defendants accosted someone else, was properly admitted as res gestae and to explain motive. Evidence showed that defendants and other gang members had a confrontation with two families at Six Flags amusement park; later in the same day, they severely beat different victims at a bus stop just outside the park. “Evidence was presented that linked the earlier incident involving the two families to the beating of the victims in several ways: Many of the same individuals were involved; both involved a large group of similarly dressed young men who were moving about the park together; both [co-defendants] Evans and Morey were a part of the conversation about doing something to the two families in the parking lot; and the motive for the beating was the thwarted desire for some sort of revenge for the earlier incident.” Citing In re: J.W.B., 296 Ga.App. 131, 133 (673 S.E.2d 630) (2009); Sypho v. State, 175 Ga.App. 833, 835(3) (334 S.E.2d 878) (1985). Johnson v. State, 289 Ga. 22, 709 S.E.2d 217 (March 18, 2011). Malice murder and related convictions affirmed; no error in admitting into evidence the gun found in defendant’s possession upon arrest, not shown to be the murder weapon in this case, but shown to be the gun used in a similar transaction properly admitted, and similar to the one used in the murder on trial. “Given the State's obligation to establish appellant's involvement [in the similar transaction] in order to support its effort to present the similar transaction evidence, … and given the similarity between the gun found and the gun used in the Bigby shooting, there was no error in the admission of the gun. See Dukes v. State, 273 Ga. 890(4) (548 S.E.2d 328) (2001) (trial court properly admitted evidence regarding gun found at time of defendant's arrest, even though gun was not weapon used in charged crimes, where gun was found with other physical evidence related to charged crimes); Martin v. State, 198 Ga.App. 488 (402 S.E.2d 95) (1991) (trial court properly admitted evidence of burglary defendant's possession, at time of his arrest, of items stolen in separate burglary used as similar transaction).” Compare Nichols (September 24, 2007), below. Ware v. State, 308 Ga.App. 24, 707 S.E.2d 111 (January 26, 2011). Conviction for sale of cocaine affirmed; “Ware