District Court Weekly DHR (3-30-09)

WEEKLY DEPARTMENT REPORT

(Period of March 20 - 26 2009)

 

Department: Helena-West Helena District Court

Date:    March 30, 2009

Prepared by:    Linda Danley

 

SPECIFIC WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:

March 20 - 26, 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 20, 2009 (9:00 A.M.) - Plea/Arraignment & Review Docket

    Total number of cases scheduled – 294

 

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

    Total number of cases scheduled – 100

 

Thurs., March 26, 2009 (1:30 P.M.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions

    Total number of cases scheduled - 62

 

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Breakdown of Traffic and Criminal Actions

Resolved during the period of March 20 - 26, 2009

 

Jurisdiction: City of Helena-West Helena

Finding	Criminal	DWI	Juvenile	Ordinance	Traffic	Total
BF	8				23	31
DA	1					1
DM	16	1		1	5	23
G	42	2			37	81
NG	2					2
NP	11		3		7	21
PRB					4	4
TOTAL	80	3	3	1	76	163

 

 

Jurisdiction: City of West Helena-OLD

Finding	Traffic	Total
BF	1	1
NP	1	1
TOTAL	2	2

 

 

Jurisdiction: Phillips County

Finding	Criminal	Traffic	Total
BF	2	21	23
DM	2	1	3
G	2	4	6
NP	3	3	6
PRB		8	8
TOTAL	9	37	46

 

 

ALL JURISDICTIONS

Finding	Criminal	DWI	Juvenile	Ordinance	Traffic	Total
BF	10				45	55
DA	1					1
DM	18	1		1	6	26
G	44	2			41	87
NG	2					2
NP	14		3		11	28
PRB					12	12
TOTAL	89	3	3	1	115	211

 

 

KEY:

BF - Bond Forfeit            NG – Not Guilty

DA – Deferred Adjudication        NP – Nolle Prosequi

DM – Dismissed            PRB – Probation

G – Guilty

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Jail Roster

(March 20 - 26, 2009)

 

Defendant	Docket #	Arrest Date	Release/ Sent. Date	Status/Disposition
Davis, David Lee	TR-08-3409 TR-08-3410 TR-08-3411 TR-08-3412 CR-08-4480 CR-08-4821 CR-08-4282 CR-08-4283 CR-08-4284 CR-09-742 CR-09-743 CR-09-744 CR-09-745 CR-09-746 CR-09-747 CR-09-748 CR-09-749 CR-09-955	03/13/09	03/20/09	Appeared with counsel. Plea of not guilty. Cases set for 03/26/09. Defendant released to his counsel.
Davis, Lakeshia	CR-07-2606 CR-07-2751 CR-08-2591 CR-08-2592 CR-08-3712 CR-08-3713 CR-08-3714 CR-08-3715	03/16/09		Continued until 03/27/09.
Patterson, James	CR-09-94 CR-09-182 CR-09-730	Served while incarcerated on other charges.	03/26/09	Cases dismissed.

 

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FUTURE WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:

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

•Thurs., April 2, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

•Thurs., April 2, 2009 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions     

•Fri., April 3, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

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

•Thurs., April 9, 2009 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions     

•Fri., April 10, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

•Thurs., April 16, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

•Thurs., April 16, 2009 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions     

•Fri., April 17, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

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

(Hot Springs, Arkansas) – NO COURT

•Thurs., April 30, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

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

 

 

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES:

•    Enter dispositions into court database of cases brought before the court on March 27, 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.