Clayton County State Court calendar: judge grants restitution and interlock waiver, denies suppression in DUI case; multiple pleas and fines imposed

Judge Tammy Long Hayward presided over the Clayton County State Court criminal motions calendar on March 17, 2025, in Courtroom 304. Court actions included granting a restitution award and 12 months pay-only probation in a two-victim crash case, granting an interlock-waiver based on hardship, signing sealing orders, denying a motion to suppress in a DUI arrest, and accepting multiple negotiated pleas and traffic dispositions.

The calendar included contested hearings and a number of negotiated pleas. In a restitution hearing for defendant Nikia Marie Coleman (cases ending 989 and 990), the court ordered restitution of $1,000 to each victim, Dirk Green and Jeremiah Joiner, and placed Coleman on 12 months pay-only probation with probation supervision fees suspended so payments go to restitution; the court set a minimum monthly payment of $200 and instructed payments be handled through probation. Judge Hayward told Coleman to report to probation and to provide mailing details so recipients can receive restitution payments. The state introduced receipts and the victims testified to out-of-pocket deductibles; the court admitted the exhibits without objection and entered the restitution order.

Also on the calendar, the court granted an interlock-waiver for Alana Ashayla Dawson (2017 case 2017CR01644) after hearing testimony and financial details establishing hardship. The judge directed staff to email the signed form and advised how to obtain a certified copy from the State Court Clerk’s Office.

Sealing…