Andrews v. State

David Newbern, Justice.

The appellant, Kenneth Scott Andrews, appeals from his conviction of first degree murder for which he received a sentence of 40 years imprisonment. His sole point of appeal is that there was insufficient evidence to convict him. More specifically, he contended in a motion for directed verdict at the conclusion of the State’s evidence that the testimony of an alleged accomplice was not corroborated by independent evidence showing that he was connected with the crime. We affirm the conviction because of Andrews’s failure to renew his directed verdict motion at the…