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Docket roundup: multiple arraignments, pleas and scheduling set for December–March

Cheatham County Criminal Court (presiding judge referred to in transcript as Judge Wolf) · November 19, 2025
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Summary

The court handled numerous arraignments and status resets: pleas and reinstatements in probation-violation cases, a transfer-to-community-corrections with a rehabilitation requirement, bonds set, and multiple motion and trial dates set between December and March.

The docket included a variety of routine but substantive scheduling and disposition items:

- Donnie Lee Biggs admitted a probation violation and, by agreement with the state, was reinstated to probation (court accepted plea).

- Jonathan Eugene Garner Jr. admitted a probation violation and was reinstated to probation on time served; the judge admonished Garner that further violations will result in incarceration.

- Richard Dwayne Leister pleaded guilty to a probation violation and will be transferred to community corrections with a condition to enroll in a six-month minimum inpatient rehabilitation program by January 13.

- Joshua Widener was ordered released on a $5,000 bond with conditions to report to his probation officer and appear on January 27 for status.

- Counsel arranged a motion-for-new-trial date (Curtis Day matter) for March 6, and other plea/trial and motion days were set across December, January, March and July depending on the individual case histories.

The court emphasized coordination between dockets (jail video appearances and in-person dockets) and reminded counsel and defendants to ensure representation on the scheduled dates.