Mercedes B. Clark a/k/a Mercedes Clark a/k/a Mercedes Benyata Clark v. State of Mississippi

Summary

The court affirmed Clark’s conviction for trafficking eutylone and her ten-year sentence after independently reviewing the record and her pro se supplemental brief. It held that Clark agreed to exclude her post-arrest interview, that the jury instructions adequately conveyed the knowledge and intent requirements for possession, and that the court lacked authority to amend the parole statute. The court also declined to dismiss the pro se brief as untimely or procedurally deficient because it could review the record for arguable issues under the applicable appellate procedure.