Opinion ID: 2384356
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Heading: sufficiency of the evidence

Text: Mr. Marshall contends the evidence was insufficient to sustain the convictions due to evidence of his intoxication, evidence that another person may have committed the crime, and the possibility a knife other than the one introduced into evidence was the murder weapon. Mr. Marshall moved for a directed verdict at the close of the State's case and then presented evidence. He did not attempt renewal of the motion until after the jury had been charged. According to Ark.R.Crim.P. 36.21(b) any question pertaining to the sufficiency of the evidence is waived when the objection is not renewed at the close of all the evidence. See Cummings v. State, 315 Ark. 541, 869 S.W.2d 17 (1994). An attempt to renew a directed verdict motion is ineffective when it occurs after the jury has been charged. See Thomas v. State, 315 Ark. 504, 868 S.W.2d 483 (1994).