Opinion ID: 1903773
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 11

Heading: the trial court erred in failing to direct a verdict for the defendant due to insufficiency of the evidence.

Text: ¶ 38. This Court's well-established standard of review for motions for directed verdict and a challenges to the sufficiency of evidence is as follows: [W]e must, with respect to each element of the offense, consider all of the evidence not just the evidence which supports the case for prosecutionin the light most favorable to the verdict. The credible evidence which is consistent with the guilt must be accepted as true. The prosecution must be given the benefit of all favorable inferences that may reasonably be drawn from the evidence. Matters regarding the weight and credibility to be accorded the evidence are to be resolved by the jury. We may reverse only where, with respect to one or more of the elements of the offense charged, the evidence so considered is such that reasonable and fair-minded jurors could only find the accused not guilty. Gleeton v. State, 716 So.2d 1083, 1087 (Miss.1998) quoting Wetz v. State, 503 So.2d 803, 808 (Miss.1987) (citations omitted). Applying this stringent standard to the case sub judice, there is no basis for concluding that the evidence against McDowell was insufficient to support a conviction. This issue is without merit.