Opinion ID: 1847165
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: insufficient evidence exists from which reasonable jurors could have found the appellant guilty of the charge of murder

Text: ¶ 21. The proper standard for evaluating a challenge of insufficient evidence to support a conviction is settled. Indeed, [w]hen, on appeal, one convicted of a criminal offense challenges the legal sufficiency of the evidence, our authority to interfere with the jury's verdict is quite limited. Carr v. State, 655 So.2d 824, 837 (Miss.1995) (quoting Roberson v. State, 595 So.2d 1310, 1318 (Miss.1992)). We must, with respect to each element of the offense, consider all of the evidencenot just the evidence which supports the prosecution's casein the light most favorable to the verdict. Cooper v. State, 639 So.2d 1320, 1324 (Miss.1994); Harveston v. State, 493 So.2d 365, 370 (Miss.1986). Credible evidence consistent with the guilt must be accepted as true. Spikes v. State, 302 So.2d 250, 251 (Miss.1974). Matters regarding the weight and credibility to be accorded the evidence are for the jury's resolution. Neal v. State, 451 So.2d 743, 758 (Miss.1984). A case requires reversal and rendering if the facts and inferences so considered point in favor of the accused with sufficient force that reasonable men could not have found beyond a reasonable doubt that he was guilty. Carr, 655 So.2d at 837; see also Cooper, 639 So.2d at 1324. On the other hand, if there is in the record substantial evidence of such quality and weight that, remaining cognizant of the beyond a reasonable doubt burden of proof standard, reasonable and fair minded jurors in the exercise of impartial judgment might have reached different conclusions, the verdict of guilty is thus placed beyond our authority to disturb. Carr, 655 So.2d at 837. ¶ 22. In the instant case, the jury was armed with O'Halloran's self-incriminating statement as well as expert testimony of an inherently intentional contact wound. Given such incriminating evidence of action and intent, a jury of reasonable persons could have and did find O'Halloran guilty. There is no error.