A motion for a JNOV implicates the legal sufficiency of the evidence. Arbuckle v. State, 894 So.2d 619, 622 (¶ 16) (Miss.Ct.App.2004) (citing Bullins v. State, 868 So.2d 1045, 1048 (¶ 12) (Miss.Ct.App.2004)). The Mississippi Supreme Court has held that “[w]hen reviewing a case for the sufficiency of the evidence, ‘the relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.’ ”
A motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict implicates the legal sufficiency of the evidence. Arbuckle v. State, 894 So.2d 619, 622 (¶ 16) (Miss.Ct.App.2004) (citing Bullins v. State, 868 So.2d 1045, 1048 (¶ 12) (Miss.Ct.App.2004)). The Mississippi Supreme Court has held that “[w]hen reviewing a case for the sufficiency of the evidence, ‘the relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.’ ”
¶ 21. Motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict implicate the sufficiency of the evidence. Bullins v. State, 868 So.2d 1045, 1048 (¶ 12) (Miss.Ct.App. 2004). Our standard of review on the question of the legal sufficiency of the evidence is clearly defined.
Motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict implicate the sufficiency of the evidence. Bullins v. State, 868 So.2d 1045, 1048 (¶ 12) (Miss.Ct.App. 2004). Our standard of review on the question of the legal sufficiency of the evidence is clearly defined.
Cox argues that the videotape introduced by the prosecution did not show cocaine being exchanged between the parties. ¶ 5. Recently, in Bullins v. State, 868 So.2d 1045, 1046 (Miss.Ct.App. 2004), the defendant was charged with and convicted of the sale of cocaine. After the trial court denied his motion for JNOV and new trial, Bullins appealed claiming that the videotape did not show the drug exchange.
¶ 24. Motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict implicate the sufficiency of the evidence. Bullins v. State, 868 So.2d 1045, 1048 (¶ 12) (Miss.Ct.App. 2004). Our standard of review on the question of the legal sufficiency of the evidence is clearly defined.