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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2024-KA-00446-SCT MERCEDES B. CLARK a/k/a MERCEDES CLARK a/k/a MERCEDES BENYATA CLARK v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI DATE OF JUDGMENT: 04/04/2024 TRIAL JUDGE: HON. CHARLES W. WRIGHT, JR. TRIAL COURT ATTORNEYS: THOMAS EUGENE WHITFIELD, JR. JAMES CORNELIUS GRIFFIN