Importance of a Post-Trial Motioin

Absent a renewal of the directed-verdict motion, a request for a peremptory instruction, or a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV), an appellant has waived the sufficiency error on appeal. Darnell v. State, 202 So. 3d 281, 285 (¶13) (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). Additionally, “[t]he matter of evidentiary weight is waived by the failure to move for a new trial.” Stewart v. State, 879 So. 2d 1089, 1095 (¶24) (Miss. Ct. App. 2004).