Court

WEEKLY DEPARTMENT REPORT

(Period of July 11 - July 17, 2008)

 
Department: Helena-West Helena District Court
Date: July 21, 2008
Prepared by: Linda Danley
 
 
SPECIFIC WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:

Fri., July 11 - Thurs., July 17, 2008 - Processed civil and small claims actions as received; input traffic violations and criminal actions into court database in preparation for arraignment; and prepared scheduled traffic violations and criminal actions for bench trial.

 

Fri., July 11, 2008 - Plea/Arraignment (9:00 A.M.)

Total number of cases scheduled - 350

 

Wed., July 16, 2008 (9:00 A.M.) - Civil & Small Claims Trial

20 civil cases scheduled and 1 small claims action scheduled

 

Thurs., July 17, 2008 (9:00 A.M.) - Bench Trial on Traffic Violations

Total number of cases scheduled - 68

 

Thurs., July 17, 2008 (1:30 P.M.) - Bench Trial on Criminal Actions

Total number of cases scheduled - 50

 

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Breakdown of Traffic and Criminal Actions

Resolved During the Period of July 11 - 17, 2008

 

Jurisdiction: City of Helena-West Helena

Finding	Criminal	DWI	Traffic	Total
DM	10		1	11
G	9	1	14	24
NP	2			2
TOTAL	21	1	15	37

 
Jurisdiction: Phillips County

Finding	Criminal	Traffic	Total
DM	3		3
G	7	2	9
NG	2		2
TOTAL	12	2	14

 
ALL JURISDICTIONS

Finding	Criminal	DWI	Traffic	Total
DM	13		1	14
G	16	1	16	33
NG	2			2
NP	2			2
TOTAL	33	1	17	51

 
KEY:
DM - Dismissed                 NG - Not Guilty
G - Guilty                        NP - Nol Prossed
 

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JAIL ROSTER

 

Defendant	Docket #	Arrest Date	Release/ Sent. Date	Status/ Disposition
Bryant, Jerry		05/22/08		Being held pending felony charges.
Hicks, George	CR-08-202 CR-08-2063	07/02/08	07/11/08	Plead not guilty to both charges. Cases set for trial on 07/24/08. Released to his attorney, J. L.Wilson.
Johnson, Cornell		06/13/08		Arrested by S. Rose. Paperwork not received by Clerk's office as of date of this report.
Johnson, Marcus	CR-08-2338 CR-08-2339 CR-08-2539	07/06/08	07/11/08	Plead guilty to all charges. Ordered to pay fines+cost in CR-08-2338. Sentenced to 6 months probation in remaining charges.
Julian, Billy Jr.	TR-07-2386 CR-07-2987 CR-08-2540	07/04/08	07/11/08	Plead guilty to all charges. Ordered to pay fines+cost and serve 210 days consecutively in jail. Appeal bond set at $5,000 cash only.
Mason, Tasheba		05/31/08		Arrested by Bivens for Theft of Property (Class A Misdemeanor). Paper not received by Clerk's office as of date of this report.
Miller, Patrick	CR-08-2549 CR-08-2550	07/11/08	07/11/08	Plead not guilty to CR-08-2549. Case set for trial on 08/07/08. Plead guilty to CR-08-2550. Ordered to pay fines+cost and to serve 30 days in jail. Appeal bond set at $1,000.00.
Robinson, Janice	CR-08-2514 CR-08-2515	07/02/08	07/11/08	Plead not guilty to both charges. Cases set for 7/31/08. Released OR.
Rodgers, Elizabeth		07/03/08		Violation of court ordered house arrest.
Webster, Thomas	CR-07-1947 CR-07-1949 CR-07-2128 CR-07-2129	06/25/08	07/11/08	Plead guilty to all charges. Sentenced to one 1 year probation on all charges.
Wilson, Deaundre	TR-07-2637 CR-07-3760	07/08/08	07/10/08	Plead not guilty to TR-07-2637. Case set for trial on 7/17/08. At trial, entered into negotiated plea. Ordered to pay fines+cost; authorized to work off fines+cost thru VWP. CR-08-07-3760 dismissed.
Wilson, Johnny		06/02/08		Arrested by D. Cox.

 

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FUTURE WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:
• Tues., July 22, 2008 (10:00 a.m.) - Interviews for Deputy Court Clerk position
• Thurs., July 24, 2008 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations
• Thurs., July 24, 2008 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions
• No court on Fri., July 25, 2008 - District Court Clerk's office closed
• No court on August 15, 2008 - District Court Clerk's Meeting (Fayetteville, AR)
 
 
FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES:
• Process civil and small claims actions as they are received.
• Input new citations and criminal actions as they are received from the Records Department into database in preparation for court.
• Prepare pending actions for trial. 
 
 
STAFF CONCERNS/ISSUES:
• Server for court database system.
• Additional staff, either part-time or full-time.

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