Clayton County State Court accepts multiple pleas, signs release modification and orders mental‑health evaluation during Oct. 7 jail calendar

Clayton County State Court Judge Tammy Long Hayward presided over a jail calendar on Oct. 7 in Courtroom 304 at the Clayton County Justice Center in Jonesboro, where the court accepted negotiated pleas in multiple cases, signed a modification providing credit for time served in one matter and ordered a mental‑health evaluation in another.

The most immediate outcomes included a modification signed to credit time served for Tavares Lemaine Jones, pleas accepted in cases involving Reginald Antonio Johnson, Caprisha Mack, Teresa Shandell Huff, Obed Habakkuk Martinez and Lashandra Denise Willis, and an order directing a mental‑health evaluation for Andrew Lee Wilcox.

Why this matters: The jail calendar resolved several pending matters that will affect individual defendants’ custody status, probation conditions and future court dates. Several of the dispositions included conditions — such as stay‑away orders, substance‑abuse evaluations, community service and suspended fines — that will be enforced through probation or could lead to arrest if violated.

Court actions and outcomes

- Tavares Lemaine Jones: Judge Hayward signed a modification that credits Jones with time served in lieu of a fine and indicated the jail would release him once the modification is processed. The court noted it was not aware of any other holds on…