Court

WEEKLY DEPARTMENT REPORT

(Period of August 1 - 7, 2008)

 

Department: Helena-West Helena District Court

Date: August 8, 2008

Prepared by: Linda Danley

 

SPECIFIC WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:

Fri., August 1 - Thurs., Aug. 7, 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.

 

Tues., Aug. 5, 2008 - Interviews for Deputy District Court Clerk

 

Wed., Aug. 6, 2008 - Civil & Small Claims Trials

Total number of case scheduled - 10

 

Thurs., Aug. 7, 2008 (9:00 A.M.) - Bench Trial on Traffic Violations

Total number of cases scheduled - 62

 

Thurs., Aug. 7, 2008 (1:30 P.M.) - Bench Trial on Criminal Actions

Total number of cases scheduled - 52

 

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Breakdown of Traffic and Criminal Actions

Resolved During the Period of Aug. 1 - 7, 2008

 

Jurisdiction: City of Helena-West Helena

Finding	Criminal	DWI	Juvenile	Ordinance	Traffic	Total
BF	6		1		22	29
DM	34		4	1	18	57
G	55	2		1	21	79
NP	3				2	5
PRB	2				3	5
TOTAL	100	2	5	2	66	175

 
Jurisdiction: City of West Helena-OLD

Finding	Criminal	Total
G	1	1
TOTAL	1	1

 
Jurisdiction: Highway Police "Z" Tickets

Finding	Traffic	Total
BF	3	3
DM	2	2
G	1	1
TOTAL	6	6

 
Jurisdiction: Phillips County

Finding	Criminal	DWI	Juvenile	Traffic	Total
BF				16	16
DM	7		1	13	21
G	7	1		13	21
NP	12				12
PRB				7	7
TF			2		2
TOTAL	26	1	3	49	79

 
ALL JURISDICTIONS

Finding	Criminal	DWI	Juvenile	Ordinance	Traffic	Total
BF	6		1		41	48
DM	41		5	1	33	8
G	63	3		1	35	102
NP	15				2	17
PRB	2				10	12
TF			2			2
TOTAL	127	3	8	2	121	261

 
KEY:
BF - Bond Forfeit              NP - Nol Prossed
DM - Dismissed                 PRB - Probation
G - Guilty                        TF - Transferred
 

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JAIL ROSTER

 

Defendant	Docket #	Arrest Date	Release/ Sent. Date	Status/ Disposition
Allen, Shirley	CR-08-859 CR-08-1006 CR-08-1047 CR-08-1048	08/06/08	08/08/08	Plea of not guilty to CR-08-1006. Set for 08/28/08. Plea of guilty to remaining charges. Sentenced to 1 year in jail on CR-08-859 and CR-08-1047. Sentenced to six months in jail on CR-08-1048.
Dent, Tajuan	CR-08-2823	08/04/08		Plea of not guilty. Set for 8/28/08.
Franklin, Dewayne	CR-08-2815	08/04/08		Plea of not guilty. Set for 8/28/08.
Henry, Natasha	TR-08-991 TR-08-992 TR-08-993 CR-08-1071 CR-08-1072 CR-08-1073 CR-08-1353 CR-08-1354 TR-08-1434 TR-08-1435 CR-08-1421 CR-08-1422 CR-08-1423 CR-08-1424	08/0708	08/08/08	Plea of not guilty to TR-08-991, CR-08-1353, CR-08-1354, and TR-08-1435. Cases set for 9/04/08. Plea of guilty to all remaining charges. Ordered to pay fines+costs in TR-08-992, TR-08-993, CR-08-1071, and CR-08-1421. Sentenced to 90 days consecutively in jail, and 1 year probation in TR-08-992 and TR-08-1434. Sentenced merged with CR-08-1071 on all remaining charges.
Hicks, George	CR-08-762	08/06/08		Plea of not guilty. Set for 9/04/08.
Jackson, Richard	TR-08-2433	08/05/08	08/08/08	Plea of guilty. Ordered to pay fines+cost.
Johnson, Cornell	CR-08-2884	08/06/08		Plea of not guilty. Set for 9/04/08.
Langston, Barbara	CR-05-2225	08/08/08	08/08/08	Plea of guilty to all charges. Ordered to pay fines+cost.
Otey, Willie	CR-06-2246 CR-06-3005	08/06/08	08/08/08	Plea of not guilty. Set for 8/28/08. Released to Louis Etoch.
Phiffer, Charley	CR-08-2887 CR-08-2888	08/06/08	08/07/08	Bond out before court date. Cases set for plea on 08/22/08.
Schwartz, Antonio	CR-08-86 CR-08-87 CR-08-88 CR-08-89 CR-08-90 CR-08-91 CR-08-2817	08/06/08	08/08/08	Plea of guilty to all charges. Ordered to pay fines+cost on CR-08-87, CR-08-88, CR-08-90, and CR-08-91. Sentenced to 1 year supervised probation on remaining charges.
Taylor, Lee K	CR-08-2886	08/08/08	08/08/08	Plea of not guilty. Case set for 9/04/08. Released O.R.
Wilson, Johnny		06/02/08		Arrested by D. Cox.
Womack, Janice	CR-07-2307 CR-07-2682	08/08/08	08/08/08	Plea of guilty to all charges. Ordered to pay fines+cost.

 

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FUTURE WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:
• Thurs., August 14, 2008 (9:00 a.m.) Bench Trials on Traffic Violations
• Thurs., August 14, 2008 (1:30 p.m.) Bench Trials on Criminal Actions
• No court on August 15, 2008 - District Court Clerks Meeting (Fayetteville, AR)
• No court on September 18 - 19, 2008
• No court on September 25 - 26, 2008 - District Court Judges Conference.
 
FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES:
• Enter dispositions into court database of cases brought before the court on Fri., August 8, 2008 (Plea Day) until completed.
• 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 the court database system.
• Additional staff; either part-time or full-time.
• Replace or repair air conditioner in court room.

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