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 served for the period in custody and imposed stay-away and no-contact conditions (804 Redland Drive and 6331 Tara Boulevard/Texaco). The state noted the victim was on the call but declined to give a statement at that time.

- John (listed in the record as Abidameke / Abigitamike; case 2025CR01027): The court accepted a negotiated guilty plea to criminal trespass tied to the airport, imposed 12 months with 90 days to serve (credit for time served), and ordered the defendant to stay away from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport unless for official business.

- Kiana Marie Rhodes (2025CR01542): The court accepted a guilty plea to criminal trespass, imposed 12 months with 30 days to serve and suspended the balance on condition she not return to the airport unless on official business; time served was credited.

- Latasha Laquia Langford (2025CR01541): The court accepted a guilty plea to criminal trespass and sentenced Langford to 12 months with 45 days to serve, suspended the balance, and ordered that she not return to the airport unless for official business. The judge confirmed Langford has family in the area who may assist her after release.

- Troy Nathan Evans (2025CR01887): The court accepted a guilty plea to criminal trespass and imposed 12 months with 90 days to serve, credit since date of lockup; balance suspended as long as Evans does not return to the airport without business.

- DeMarco (DeMarco) Trammell (2025CR01518): Trammell pleaded guilty to theft by shoplifting (count 2) and obstruction (count 3); the court dismissed count 1 and accepted a negotiated sentence that included 12 months with 30 days to serve on the theft count (balance suspended), a suspended $300 fine, and a requirement not to return to the QuickTrip location identified in the file.

- Trey Bernard Hill (2025CR01545): The court accepted negotiated pleas to battery and stalking counts (count 2 merged) and imposed concurrent sentences — 12 months with 90 days to serve and the balance suspended — and ordered no contact and a stay-away from the listed address; the court credited Hill for time in custody.

- Cameron Loray Richardson (probation revocation; 2024CR04398 and 2024CR07644): The court revoked 90 days of Richardson’s probation (credit since lockup) after Richardson admitted technical violations; the judge noted the felony matter holding Richardson in custody was separate from the state-court probation revocation.

Administrative and other docket actions

- Jacquoisier (Jah'quazay) Barnett: The prosecutor reported verifying that Barnett’s license was valid and prepared a “no process” for the case; the state requested a bench-warrant recall. The court released Barnett and directed that the state send Barnett’s contact information to court staff. As the prosecutor announced, “I was able to confirm that, in fact, his license are valid. The state is preparing a no process in his case and also a bench warrant recall.”

- Sharonda Dawn Allen: After the defendant supplied proof of insurance and registration during the virtual calendar, the state announced Allen was in compliance and the case would be treated as “no process.” The judge advised Allen to contact the clerk’s office if she needed certified documents.

- One defendant (identified in the record as Mr. Ho / Mr. Holt) was located in the Spalding County jail; the court recorded that Clayton County’s deputy verified a transfer to Spalding County and that the defendant had an arraignment in Spalding County on March 26. Court staff and counsel discussed outreach to the Spalding County judge and district attorney to coordinate on pending matters.

What the judge said and admonitions from the bench

Judge Hayward read and summarized standard plea admonitions before accepting each guilty plea (rights waived on trial, jury, confrontation, presumption of innocence and, for noncitizens, immigration consequences). In several proceedings she urged defendants to pursue social services or family-law remedies where appropriate; speaking to one defendant the judge said, “If you want to be a parent to these children, then you gotta do better than this,” and directed the defendant to court resources for legitimizing children and establishing custody or support through superior-court family-law filings.

Next steps and calendar notes

The judge reset or kept several matters for follow-up where defense counsel was absent or where the prosecutor planned another appearance (including Mr. Maple’s case and cases assigned to absent counsel). Several plea dates and next-appearance dates were set for the next arraignment calendar; the court noted that defendants who failed to appear previously retained outstanding bench warrants.

Ending: The court adjourned the virtual calendar after confirming the listings above and asking parties to follow up with the clerk for certified documents and with the district attorney’s office for transfers and intercounty coordination. The judge indicated the next related proceedings (including one plea rescheduled) would be heard on Thursday and at the next regularly scheduled arraignment session.