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Clayton County judge gives short payment extensions on suspended-sentence calendar, warns of arrest warrants
Summary
Judge Tammy Long Hayward told defendants on the suspended-sentence calendar they face arrest warrants if fines and fees are not paid; staff attorney Kiara Powell was assigned to negotiate short payment windows and two-week modifications were issued in some cases. Payments must now be made in person at the courthouse traffic window.
Judge Tammy Long Hayward opened the suspended-sentence (SSD) calendar April 28, 2025, in Clayton County State Court, Courtroom 304, and told people who were given 60 days to pay earlier but had not done so that this was their "last chance to get those paid before an arrest warrant issues."
The SSD calendar covers defendants who were sentenced earlier, given time to pay fines and fees and failed to do so. Hayward said she would allow staff attorney Kiara Powell to speak individually with people present and sign any agreed modifications; where the court signed a modification the defendant would receive a written order granting extra time.
"For those who failed to show up for this calendar, an arrest warrant will issue today," Hayward said. She instructed those granted extensions to make payments in person at the courthouse: "You have to pay in person on the Second Floor of this building at the traffic court window," Hayward said. The judge also said partial payments are permitted so long as the total is completed within the agreed extension period.
Powell and court staff handled individual cases in breakout rooms. Powell told the courtroom that two defendants — Kirsten Joy Bryant and Anterior (Anterior/Anterioria) Goggins — "took the 2 week extension." The court confirmed that at least one defendant, Terence Scott King Jr., paid his balance in full and was marked paid.
For other defendants the court issued short, case-by-case deadlines. Tariano (Toriano) Marquise Raglan was given two weeks and told the court staff would email a modification; the judge stressed that failure to meet the deadline would result in an arrest warrant and placement on the next available jail calendar. Princess Aaliyah McCray was told she owes $444.50 from a February due date and must pay in person or face a warrant.
The judge and staff repeatedly emphasized procedure: if someone needs instructions on paying by mail or in person, they must visit the clerk’s office on the first floor or the traffic window on the second floor; people who receive a court-ordered modification will be emailed the order if the court has an address or the defendant provides an email.
The court recessed the SSD calendar for intake conversations and said it would return to other dockets at 11 a.m.
Ending
Court staff will issue modification orders to defendants granted short extensions. The court reiterated that unpaid balances after the modified deadlines will result in arrest warrants and placement on a jail calendar; defendants seeking refunds of cash bonds must pursue that relief through the sheriff’s office, not the state court clerk.
