Clayton County State Court disposes of multiple arraignment and plea matters Jan. 28; several pleas accepted, transfers noted

Clayton County State Court processed a full arraignment and jail calendar on Jan. 28, 2025. Judge Tammy Long Hayward accepted multiple pleas, imposed sentences (including committed time credit where indicated), suspended fines in several cases, and approved transfers for other matters.

Key dispositions listed on the record include:

- 2024cr00964, Shoplifting (defendant referred to in the transcript as Miss White): Plea of guilty accepted; sentenced to 12 months probation, $500 fine (total with fees to $737.50), probation terminates upon payment and compliance; stay-away condition from the Walmart at 6065 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, Georgia. (Prosecutor recitation of loss-prevention observation; value $12.95.)

- 2025cr00274, Derry Benjamin (referred in transcript as Benjamin): Plea to theft-by-receiving (count 1) accepted; sentence 12 months with 45 days committed credit, balance suspended; counts 3 and 4 recorded as no-cost/no-contest dispositions per plea agreement; fines on counts used as suspended per offer.

- 2025cr00271, Courtney Waddell Callahan: Plea to simple battery (family violence) accepted; sentenced to 12 months with 30 days committed credit, balance probated, required to complete anger-management program and have no contact with victim Brandon Williams; count 2 merged.

- 2023cr04526, Erica Nicole Dukes: No contest to driving on suspended/revoked license accepted; count 2 no-processed; $500 fine suspended and credited as time-served per custody status noted on the record.

- 2025cr00268, Britney Harris (disorderly conduct at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta Intl. Airport): Plea accepted; sentenced to 12 months with 60 days committed credit, balance suspended; court ordered that Harris not return to Hartsfield–Jackson unless she can show proof of a flight reservation/ticket for that day.

- 2023cr01312, Milton Eugene Davis: No-contest pleas accepted to counts 1 and 3; count 1 sentenced to 12 months with 2 days committed credit, balance suspended; count 3 concurrent with one day committed credit; count 2 no-processed.

- 2023cr01891, Edward James Pierce: Pointed guilty pleas to counts 1, 3 and 4 accepted; sentence 12 months with 90 days committed credit, balance suspended; counts 2, 3 and 4 recorded as dismissed or merged per plea; defense asked for credit for time on initial arrest and court applied credit since date of lockup.

- 2022CR03622, Terrence Vance Raymond Jr.: No-contest to driving on suspended license accepted; court ordered a $1,000 fine suspended (count 2 dismissed); prosecutor noted defendant had been in custody on separate felony charges since Sept. 22, 2024, and the court applied custody credit.

- Collections and administrative notes: Nimrod Du Boissohn’s fines were paid ($512) and he had been released on Jan. 13; several cases were identified for transfer by the solicitor’s office: Dorian Nehemiah Brown’s matters were transferred to Superior Court and Christopher English’s case was prepared for transfer due to prior convictions; Wedlow entered not-guilty pleas to three listed cases and will proceed to future hearings.

Several matters were recorded as negotiated pleas and the court repeatedly reminded defendants of rights waived by plea, immigration consequences where applicable, and the need to comply with probation reporting and other court-ordered programs.

The court also processed appointment orders and scheduling requests, and the clerk was directed to complete orders reflecting credits for time served where the record showed custody had already begun.

Votes/decisions at a glance (selected dispositions recorded on the transcript): plea acceptances and sentence entries for the defendants above; transfers approved or noted for Brown and English; Wedlow entered not-guilty pleas and will return for further proceedings.