The Humphreys County Criminal Court on Thursday worked through a lengthy docket of arraignments, plea petitions and scheduling matters. Judges and lawyers resolved a string of pleas, set numerous cases for a February status day and assigned trial dates in June for several matters.

Among the recorded dispositions: Ashley Victoria Tozer entered a no-contest plea to a possession offense and was sentenced on count 1 to 11 months, 29 days suspended to supervised probation with credit for time served and $750 in final costs; count 2 was nolle prossed and count 3 resolved as a misdemeanor sentence suspended to probation. The court also accepted plea petitions from other defendants: Kyle Lee Burnett (multiple drug-related cases, sentences suspended to community corrections and supervised probation with drug-testing conditions), Brandon Walker (guilty plea to possession with intent; court imposed a 10-year TDOC sentence suspended to community corrections after one year day-for-day, plus a $2,500 fine), Michael Unger (no-contest plea with a six-year sentence suspended to supervised probation and a $750 fine, with treatment conditions), Daryl Eugene Ross (no-contest pleas to burglary and shoplifting with concurrent community corrections and restitution to Walmart), Jesse Dubert (no-contest pleas on offender-registry counts with time served credited and probation conditions), and others.

The court set a wide set of status and trial dates. Many matters were continued to a February 10 status docket so counsel could continue plea negotiations and to allow for maternity leave and scheduling conflicts noted on the record. Several cases were given June trial dates; for example, Joel Donovan was assigned a two‑day criminal trial beginning June 3 (with June 4 as a back‑up). The court also indicated multiple trial windows in June (June 17–20 and other dates) to accommodate caseload and attorney availability.

The court ordered competency evaluations where counsel requested them. Preston Carter’s file remains under a 30‑day mental‑health or competency evaluation; the court listed a February status date to revisit that matter. Another defendant, Mister Kilburn, was ordered to a competency evaluation and an agreed order for evaluation was to be filed and executed before the February status date.

Bond matters and conditional forfeiture actions were also recorded: the court set conditional forfeiture dates of April 28 in several bond revocation matters and modified bonds where defendants failed to appear earlier in the docket.

Clerks and counsel were instructed to keep the court informed if a matter resolves earlier than the next status call and to file any agreed orders or disposition paperwork so the docket can be updated. For many defendants the court re‑assigned counsel, appointed public defenders or confirmed counsel of record on the record.