Clayton County judge accepts multiple pleas, imposes jail terms and MARTA ban in April 1 jail calendar

Judge Tammy Long Hayward presided over a virtual jail calendar at Clayton County State Court on April 1, 2025, accepting negotiated pleas, imposing jail terms and ordering conditions in multiple misdemeanor and domestic-violence matters.

The calendar produced several resolved cases: Nikia Q. Clifton entered a first-offender plea and received probation and fines; Lee Leon Good Jr. pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 90 days in custody with a 12-month ban from MARTA; Maurice Lamont Bender received 45 days and $300 restitution; Yesenia Isabel Ramos had 30 days revoked from probation but received credit for time served and her case was closed; Marquez Antoine Mitchell pleaded guilty to a family-violence battery and received a jail term concurrent with an existing felony sentence; Judy Lynn Crockwell Lewis drew 30 days credit and was released; and the court set a bond hearing for Anthony Jerome Bowie on April 15 after defense asked the court to reconsider bond.

Why it matters: the outcomes affect short-term jail population, probation enforcement and public-safety conditions such as a public-transportation ban. Judge Hayward explicitly balanced individual sentences against local jail capacity and public-safety considerations while explaining conditions such as no-contact orders and transportation bans.

Clifton: first-offender plea and probation Judge Hayward accepted a negotiated first-offender plea for Nikia Q. Clifton after defense counsel Owen Lynch said the plea had been resolved. Clifton pleaded under first-offender treatment to…