Opinion ID: 2442245
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Heading: sufficiency of the evidence

Text: We first consider the Reyeses' argument regarding insufficiency of the evidence because the double-jeopardy clause precludes a second trial when a judgment of conviction is reversed for insufficient evidence. King v. State, 323 Ark. 671, 916 S.W.2d 732 (1996); Jones v. State, 323 Ark. 655, 916 S.W.2d 736 (1996). The Reyeses argue that the prosecution failed to link them to the contraband found in the motel room. Insufficiency of the evidence is raised at trial by a motion for directed verdict. Counsel for the Reyeses, however, made only a general motion for directed verdict at the close of the State's case and then failed to renew the motion at the close of all the evidence. These lapses make it clear that this point is procedurally barred. See Ark. R.Crim. P. 33.1; Dulaney v. State, 327 Ark. 30, 937 S.W.2d 162 (1997); Smallwood v. State, 326 Ark. 813, 935 S.W.2d 530 (1996); Lovelady v. State, 326 Ark. 196, 931 S.W.2d 430 (1996).