District Court Weekly DHR (3-16-09)

WEEKLY DEPARTMENT REPORT

(Period of March 6 - 12, 2009)

 

Department: Helena-West Helena District Court

Date:    March 16, 2009

Prepared by:    Linda Danley

 

SPECIFIC WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:

March 6 - 12, 2009 - 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., March 6, 2009 (9:00 A.M.) - Plea/Arraignment & Review Docket

    Total number of cases scheduled – 291

 

Thurs., March 12, 2009 (9:00 A.M.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

    Total number of cases scheduled – 23

 

Thurs., March 12, 2009 (1:30 P.M.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions

    Total number of cases scheduled - 39

 

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Breakdown of Traffic and Criminal Actions

Resolved during the period of March 6 - 12, 2009

 

Jurisdiction: City of Helena-West Helena

Finding	Criminal	DWI	Juvenile	Traffic	Total
BF	5			26	31
DM	10		1	13	24
G	3	1	1	24	29
NG	2				2
NP	8				8
PRB	1			7	8
WQ	1				1
TOTAL	30	1	2	70	103

 

 

Jurisdiction: City of West Helena-OLD

Finding	DWI	Total
G	1	1
TOTAL	1	1

 

 

Jurisdiction: Phillips County

Finding	Criminal	Juvenile	Traffic	Total
BF			10	10
DM	3	1	10	14
G	1		11	12
PRB			3	3
TOTAL	4	1	34	39

 

 

ALL JURISDICTIONS

Finding	Criminal	DWI	Juvenile	Traffic	Total
BF	5			36	41
DM	13		2	23	38
G	4	2	1	35	42
NG	2				2
NP	8				8
PRB	1			10	11
WQ	1				1
TOTAL	34	2	3	104	143

 

KEY:

BF – Bond Forfeit        NP – Nolle Prosequi

DM – Dismissed        PRB - Probation

G – Guilty             WQ – Warrant Quashed

NG – Not Guilty

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Jail Roster

(February March 6 - 12, 2009)

 

Defendant	Docket #	Arrest Date	Release/ Sent. Date	Status/Disposition
Avance, Evone	CR-09-554	03/01/09	03/06/09	Plea of not guilty. Case set for 03/26/09.
Johnson, Cornell	CR-09-794	02/26/09	03/06/09	Plea of not guilty. Case set for 04/02/09. Released O.R.
Reed, Ronald	DWI-09-16 TR-09-984	03/04/09	03/06/09	Please of not guilty. Case set for 04/30/09. Released O.R.

 

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FUTURE WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:

•Fri., March 13, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

•Wed., March 18, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Civil & Small Claims Trial

•Thurs., March 19, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

•Thurs., March 19, 2009 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions     

•Fri., March 20, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

Thurs., March 26, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

•Thurs., March 26, 2009 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions     

•Fri., March 27, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

•Thurs. & Fri., April 23 – 24, 2009 – District Court Judges & Clerk's Meeting

(Hot Springs, Arkansas) – NO COURT

 

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES:

•    Enter dispositions into court database of cases brought before the court on March 13, 2009 (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.