Judge Hayward accepts multiple pleas, orders treatment and probation in Clayton County State Court

Judge Tammy Long Hayward presided over the April 14, 2026 arraignment and jail calendars in Courtroom 304 of the Clayton County State Court, accepting pleas and disposing of a range of cases from traffic violations to probation revocations. The court ordered fines, community-service conditions and, in one case, inpatient mental-health treatment.

The session opened with routine arraignment business and multiple bench-warrant bond-forfeiture grants for absent defendants. On the arraignment calendar the judge accepted negotiated pleas including Dejanesha ("Denasia") Johnson (case 2023CR02935), in which Count 1 (possession of 1 ounce or less of marijuana) was nol-prossed and Count 2 (obstruction of an officer) was resolved by a nolo plea; the court set the fine and surcharges and gave Johnson 60 days to pay after she provides contact information to the clerk. The judge reminded defendants that failing to pay could move a matter to the suspended-sentence calendar and trigger…