Clayton State Court clears multiple cases in Jan. 7 jail calendar; probation orders, pleas and short jail terms issued

Judge Tammy Long Hayward presided over the Clayton County State Court arraignment and jail calendar on Jan. 7, 2025 in Courtroom 304, where the court accepted guilty pleas, imposed short jail terms or suspended balances in several cases, and ordered probation conditions and treatment enrollments for multiple defendants.

The calendar included pleas in two public-intoxication cases for Benjamin Jefferson, a no-contest plea and $100 fine for a traffic defendant, a probation revocation hearing that resulted in supervised return to probation with mandated treatment for Kimberly Bianca Day, and short jail time ordered in at least two revocation matters. Several other matters were continued or reset for later hearings.

The court’s dispositions primarily resolved low- to mid-level misdemeanor and probation matters, with the judge often imposing or reaffirming treatment, community-service, and reporting conditions rather than long custodial sentences. Many defendants received credit for time served when applicable.

In one of the larger docket resolutions, the court accepted negotiated pleas from Benjamin Jefferson on two public-drunk charges and sentenced him to an aggregate 12 months with 30 days to serve and the balance suspended, with the sentences to run concurrently and credit for time served. In a probation revocation for Kimberly Bianca Day (2020CR02905), the judge found delinquency on treatment and financial obligations but—after hearing that Day had passed several random drug/alcohol tests—returned her to probation with a firm order to enroll in and begin completion of an ASAM Level 1 treatment program by the court-ordered date and to resolve outstanding financial obligations.

Other outcomes included: Cedric Otis Bullock entering pleas to obstruction, escape and theft-related charges with the court accepting a no-contest disposition and…