State Court of Clayton County accepts pleas, imposes fines and short jail terms during Dec. 16 arraignment

Judge Tammy Long Hayward presided over the State Court of Clayton County arraignment and jail calendars on Dec. 16, 2025, accepting pleas in multiple cases and setting sentences, fines and conditions.

The court accepted a nolo contendere plea from Latrice Anita Hickman in case 2021 23CR02045 to failure to yield and dismissed two related counts. The judge accepted the plea and imposed a $100 fine for the traffic offense; with state surcharges the total due was $151.50, payable within 60 days. The judge instructed Hickman to obtain payment paperwork from the traffic court window on the second floor and cautioned, “What you don't wanna do is forget to pay.”

The court accepted a guilty plea from Jonathan Hugh Carroll (2025CR10506) to criminal trespass as negotiated: 12 months with 40 days to serve (credit for time served) and the balance suspended provided Carroll does not return to 441 Pinecrest Drive in Riverdale, Georgia. The prosecutor described officers asking Carroll to leave the premises and his refusal to comply, which led to the arrest. The judge ordered the no-return condition as part of the court’s disposition.

Marcus Armani Curry (2025CR10596) pled guilty to a public-transit violation and criminal trespass. The prosecutor told the court officers observed Curry riding without paying and that MARTA had issued a permanent ban on Aug. 23, 2023; the court accepted a negotiated concurrent sentence that included credit for time served and suspended the balance conditioned on no new violations.

The court also accepted a nolo plea by Ray Love (2025CR10600) to criminal trespass; the agreed sentence was 12 months with 43 days to serve (credit for time served) with the balance suspended so long as Love avoids new criminal violations. The prosecutor said officers offered services and warned Love repeatedly to leave the station before his arrest.

In a separate matter, the court found defendants and counsel on notice that Sylvia Dean Harrell may be subject to an indefinite mental-health hold and asked staff to coordinate whether her case should be placed on the dead docket or another status pending restoration of competency.

On a probation-revocation petition, the court accepted probation’s recommendation to revoke and ordered Torrance (Torrence) Bernard Hall to serve 30 days with credit for time served (credit running from Dec. 9, 2025); after service the case will be closed. Probation advised that Hall had missed required reporting, failed to comply with prescribed medication, and had relocated out of state.

Carlos Richard McClure pled guilty to battery–family violence (counts 2–4 merged into count 1). The court accepted a negotiated disposition of 12 months with 26 days credited to time served, a $300 fine (with fees totaling $444) probated, an anger-management requirement and a no-contact order with the named victim, John Grant. The court granted McClure one supervised opportunity to retrieve undisputed personal property from the Hampton address with sheriff’s office assistance.

Throughout the session, defense counsel requested conferences and motions scheduling; the court placed some matters on upcoming motions or trial calendars and directed clerks to send orders where appropriate (including a bench-warrant withdrawal for Ms. Calvin). The judge closed by reminding defendants of return dates and court procedures and saying the next session would be on Thursday afternoon.

The court’s dispositions included plea acceptances, continuances and one probation revocation; no jury trials were conducted during this calendar. The court directed staff to prepare and distribute the appropriate orders and scheduling notices.

Next steps: motions and trial calendar placements were set for upcoming dates, continuances were entered where requested, and clerks were instructed to send bench-warrant withdrawal paperwork and other orders to update the docket.