Clayton County arraignments: bonds set, pleas entered and sentences imposed in multiple cases

Judge Tammy Long Hayward presided over the Clayton County State Court arraignment calendar on Feb. 25, resolving multiple cases by plea or bond order.

The most urgent action came in the arraignment for Tyrone Deandre Hughes (2025CR01326). After hearing argument from defense counsel and the state, Judge Hayward denied the defense’s request for a low bond and set bond at $5,000 on each of the remaining misdemeanor counts, for a total bond of $21,500 for five charges. The judge ordered “no contact with either the daughter or the alleged victim in this case” and warned Hughes that violating bond conditions could lead to rearrest, bond revocation and additional criminal charges. Prosecutor Sharron Hagler had asked the court to deny bond or, if set, to require a $100,000 bond based on the defendant’s felony probation status and the seriousness of the alleged assault.

The court also accepted negotiated pleas and imposed sentences in several matters on the calendar:

- Jerome Presley (2020CR05863) entered no-contest pleas to two counts and a guilty plea to one count related to a 2020 hit-and-run and related traffic offenses. Judge Hayward sentenced Presley to 12 months to serve with 60 days credited as time served; the balance was probated, and the judge ordered restitution of $1,000 to cover the victim’s deductible. The judge specified that the counts would run concurrently.

- Kevin Marquise Hill (2025CR01387) pleaded guilty to obstruction of an officer. The court sentenced Hill to 12 months to serve with 15 days committed as credit for time served; the balance was suspended and a $300 fine was suspended.

- Deontay Swannigan (2025CR01355) pleaded guilty to criminal trespass after being observed urinating outside the airport and while under a prior trespass warning. Judge Hayward sentenced him to 12 months to serve with 60 days committed, credit for time served; the balance was suspended on the condition he not return to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport without official business.

- Shardae (Shardae) Mosley (2021CR08505) resolved an older case by entering no-contest pleas on selected counts. Judge Hayward accepted the recommendation: 12 months with 10 days to serve (credit for time served) on the principal count, with the balance suspended so long as Mosley has no new violations; a $200 fine was suspended. The court ordered the defendant released from custody that day.

- Hassan Denise Isabelle (2025CR01377) pled guilty to one count of battery; counts that overlapped were merged and another count was declined for prosecution. Judge Hayward placed Isabelle on 12 months’ probation, ordered 40 hours of community service, required completion of an anger-management class, suspended a $300 fine, and suspended probation supervision fees. The judge took the matter under the state’s first-offender framework so that successful completion could avoid an adjudication of guilt.

Several other matters on the calendar were continued or transferred for later resolution; the court used breakout rooms for attorneys and detained defendants appearing remotely by video. The court consistently warned defendants about the consequences of violating bond or probation conditions and, in some cases, discussed logistical issues such as defendants’ custody locations and how restitution or probation requirements would operate if a defendant remains in state custody.

Cases resolved at the Feb. 25 calendar were handled orally on the record; the court set sentences, bond amounts and probation conditions as reflected above.