Clayton County State Court accepts multiple guilty pleas, issues sentences and administrative actions at March 4 arraignment and jail calendar

Clayton County State Court Judge Tammy Long Hayward presided over the March 4, 2025 arraignment and jail calendar and accepted guilty pleas and dispositions in multiple cases, including several criminal-trespass matters arising from incidents at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

The court accepted negotiated pleas in a string of cases and in most instances imposed a 12-month sentence with 90 days to serve and the balance suspended on condition the defendant stay away from the incident location and have no contact with identified victims. Judge Hayward also recorded a prosecutor announcement that a bench warrant would be recalled and a “no process” disposition would be entered for one defendant who proved a valid license.

Why it matters: The calendar consolidated routine arraignments, negotiated pleas and probation revocation matters. The docket included repeated trespass cases tied to activity at the airport and several probation-violation matters; the court’s orders emphasize stay-away conditions and credit for time served in custody.

The court opened the virtual session by identifying itself: “I’m Judge Tammy Long Hayward. This is the state court of Clayton County, Georgia … This is the arraignment and jail calendar.” Over the roughly three-hour docket, the court took pleas or disposition announcements in the following notable matters:

- Jose Jimenez (cases ending 01550 and 01553): The court accepted guilty pleas to criminal trespass (2025CR01550) and theft by shoplifting (2025CR01553). On each case the court imposed 12 months, 90 days to serve, with the balance suspended; the sentences were ordered to run concurrent with each other. The judge credited time…