District Court Weekly DHR (6/15/09)

WEEKLY DEPARTMENT REPORT

(Period of June 5 -11, 2009)

 

Department: Helena-West Helena District Court

Date:    June 15, 2009

Prepared by:    Linda Danley

 

SPECIFIC WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:

June 5 - 11, 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., June 5, 2009 (9:00 A.M.) - Plea/Arraignment & Review Docket

    Total number of cases scheduled – 200

Thurs., June 11, 2009 (9:00 A.M.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

    Total number of cases scheduled - 106

Thurs., June 11, 2009 (1:30 P.M.) – Bench Trials on Criminal Actions

    Total number of cases scheduled - 54

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Breakdown of Traffic and Criminal Actions

Resolved during the period of June 5 - 11, 2009

 

Jurisdiction: City of Helena-West Helena

Finding	Criminal	Juvenile	Traffic	Total
BF			1	1
DM	6		2	8
G	30	2	33	65
NP	6	1	10	17
PRB			4	4
TF	2			2
TOTAL	44	3	50	97

 

Jurisdiction: City of West Helena-OLD

Finding	Criminal	Traffic	Total
G	1	1	2
TOTAL	1	1	2

 

Jurisdiction: Phillips County

Finding	Criminal	Juvenile	Traffic	Total
DM	2	2		4
G	1	1	6	8
NP	5		7	12
TOTAL	8	3	13	24

 

ALL JURISDICTIONS

Finding	Criminal	Juvenile	Traffic	Total
BF			1	1
DM	8	2	2	12
G	32	3	40	75
NP	11	1	17	29
PRB			4	4
TF	2			2
TOTAL	53	6	64	123

 

KEY:

BF – Bond Forfeiture            NP – Nolle Prosequi

DM – Dismissed            PRB – Probation

G – Guilty                TF - Transferred

 

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Jail Roster

(June 4 - 11, 2009)

Defendant	Case #	Arrest Date	Release/ Sent. Date	Disposition
Bennett, Mary	CR-09-2045	05/14/09	06/05/09	Plea of guilty. Sentenced to 22 days in jail with credit for time served.
Diamond, Curtis	CR-09-2065 CR-09-2066	06/01/09	06/11/09	Transferred to Circuit Court.
Harvey, Seneca	TR-09-909 TR-09-910 CR-09-976 CR-09-977 CR-09-1461 CR-09-1462 CR-09-1463 CR-09-1690 CR-09-1691 CR-09-1692 CR-09-2068 CR-09-2069 TR-09-2123 TR-09-2124 TR-09-2125 CR-09-2070	05/31/09	06/04/09	Appeared with counsel. Plea of not guilty. Trial set for 06/25/09.
Johnson, Miguel C.	CR-08-936 CR-09-980 CR-09-982	Served while in jail on other charges.	06/11/09	Plea of guilty to all charges. Sentenced to 30 days in jail with credit for time served. (To be given credit for 73 days in jail for backs fines.)
Seats, Willie	CR-08-3566 CR-08-3907 CR-08-4205 CR-08-4206	Served while in jail on other charges.	06/11/09	Plea of guilty to all charges. Sentenced to 90 days in jail with credit for 60 days served.
Spates, Curtis L.	CR-09-2044	05/18/09	06/05/09	Plea of guilty. Ordered to pay fines+cost totaling $205. Sentenced to 30 days in jail with credit for 21 days served and 4 months supervised probation.
Thomas, Calvin	CR-09-1024 CR-09-1229 CR-09-1230 CR-09-1330 CR-09-1331 CR-09-1332	03/30/09	06/04/09	Plea of guilty to CR-09-1024, CR-09-1229, CR-09-1230. Sentenced to 60 days in jail with credit for time served. Ordered to stay out of Wal-Mart.   Remaining charges were dismissed.
Williams, Carl	CR-08-4137 CR-08-2548 CR-09-1490 CR-09-1491 CR-09-1492 CR-09-1742 CR-09-1743 CR-09-1744 CR-09-1745 CR-09-1746 CR-09-1747	06/01/09	06/11/09	Plea of guilty to CR-08-4137, CR-08-2548, CR-09-1490, CR-09-1491 and CR-09-1492. Sentenced to 34 days in jail with credit for time served.   Remaining charges were dismissed.

 

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FUTURE WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:

• Fri., June 12, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

• Wed., June 17, 2009 – Civil & Small Claims Trials

• Thurs., June 18, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

• Thurs., June 18, 2009 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions     

• Fri., June 19, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

• Thurs., June 25, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

• Thurs., June 25, 2009 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions     

• Fri., June 26, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

• Wed., July 1, 2009 – Civil & Small Claims Trials

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

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

• Fri., July 3, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - No Court. July 4^th Holiday.

 

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES:

•    Enter dispositions into court database of cases brought before the court on June 12, 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:

•    Training for dispatch personnel on use of Virtual Justice (court software).

•    Anti-virus protection for computers.