District Court Weekly DHR (8/24/09)

WEEKLY DEPARTMENT REPORT

(Period of August 14 - 20, 2009)

 

Department: Helena-West Helena District Court

Date:    August 24, 2009

Prepared by:    Linda Danley

 

SPECIFIC WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:

August 14 - 20, 2009 - Processed civil and small claims actions as received; input traffic violations and criminal actions into court database in preparation for arraignment; prepared scheduled traffic violations and criminal actions for bench trial; processed warrants of arrest issued by the court; and reported dispositions to Arkansas Driver Control.

Fri., August 14, 2009 (9:00 A.M.) - Plea/Arraignment & Review Docket

    Total number of cases scheduled – 321

Wed., August 19, 2009 – Civil & Small Claims Hearings/Trial

    Total number of cases scheduled – 9 civil cases; and 1 small claims action

Thurs., August 20, 2009 (9:00 A.M.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

    Total number of cases scheduled - 91

Thurs., August 20, 2009 (1:30 P.M.) – Bench Trials on Criminal Actions

    Total number of cases scheduled – 66

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Breakdown of Traffic and Criminal Actions

Resolved during the period of August 13 – 20, 2009

Jurisdiction: City of Helena-West Helena

Finding	Criminal	DWI	Traffic	Total
BF	5		10	15
DM	19		15	34
G	95	5	52	152
NG	3	2		5
NP	2		3	5
PRB	3		2	5
TF	52		3	55
WQ	1			1
TOTAL	180	7	85	272

 

Jurisdiction: City of West Helena-OLD

Finding	Criminal	Total
NP	1	1
TOTAL	1	1

 

Jurisdiction: Phillips County

Finding	Criminal	Juvenile	Traffic	Total
BF	1	1	12	14
DM	1	1		2
G	3		6	9
NG	1			1
NP	3		1	4
PRB			1	1
TOTAL	9	2	20	31

 

ALL JURISDICTIONS

Finding	Criminal	DWI	Juvenile	Traffic	Total
BF	6		1	22	29
DM	20		1	15	36
G	98	5		58	161
NG	4	2			6
NP	6			4	10
PRB	3			3	6
TF	52			3	55
WQ	1				1
TOTAL	190	7	2	105	304

 

KEY:

BF – Bond Forfeit        NP – Nolle Prosequi

DM – Dismissed        PRB – Probation

G – Guilty            TF – Transfer

NG – Not Guilty        WQ – Warrant Recalled

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Jail Roster

(August 14 - 20, 2009)

 

Defendant	Case #	Arrest Date	Release/ Sent. Date	Disposition
Booth, Joe	CR-09-3303 CR-09-3302 CR-09-3301	08/08/09	08/14/09	Plea of guilty to all charges. Ordered to pay fines/cost totaling $175.00; sentenced to 7 days in jail with credit for 7 days in jail; and ordered to stay away from Delta Express.
Johnson, Keynon	CR-09-3316 CR-09-3317 CR-09-3318 CR-09-3319	08/05/09	08/20/09	Plea of not guilty on 08/14/09; attorney appointed; and set for trial on 08/20/09.   On 08/20/09, plea of guilty to all charges. Sentenced to 90 days in jail with credit for 16 served. Also sentenced to 9 months supervised probation.
Norvell, Jerome	CR-09-3305 CR-09-3306 CR-09-3307	08/12/09	08/14/09	Plea of guilty to all charges. Ordered to pay fines/cost totaling $350.00 and sentenced to 3 days in jail with credit for time served.
Pillow, Hythonio	CR-03-1689 CR-03-1690 CR-03-1991 CR-03-1992 CR-09-3307 CR-09-3308	08/12/09	08/14/09	Plea of not guilty to all charges. Set for trial on 09/17/09. Bond set at $600.
Stewart, Geremy M.	CR-09-3298 CR-09-3299	08/15/09	08/20/09	Plea of guilty to both charges. Sentenced to 17 days in jail with credit for 17 days served. Also sentenced to 3 months supervised probation.

    

 

FUTURE WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:

• Fri., August 21, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

• Sat., August 22, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) – Employee Appreciation Day

• Thurs., August 27, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

• Thurs., August 27, 2009 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions     

• Fri., August 28, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

• Wed., September 2, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) – Civil & Small Claims Hearing/Trials

• Thurs., September 3, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

• Thurs., September 3, 2009 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions     

• Fri., September 4, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment (Close at noon)

• Mon., September 7, 2009 – Office Closed. (Labor Day holiday)

• Thurs., September 10, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

• Thurs., September 10, 2009 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions     

• Fri., September 11, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

• Wed., September 16, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) – Civil & Small Claims Hearing/Trials

• Thurs., September 17, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

• Thurs., September 17, 2009 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions     

• Fri., September 18, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

• Thurs., September 24, 2009 – District Judges' Meeting (Eureka Springs) - NO COURT

• Fri., September 25, 2009 – District Judges' Meeting (Eureka Springs) – NO COURT

 

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES:

•    Enter dispositions into court database of cases brought before the court on August 21, 2009 (Plea/Arraignment) until completed.

•    Process warrants of arrest as directed by the court.

•    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.

•    Prepare abstract of the court's disposition of all cases for Arkansas Driver Control.

 

STAFF CONCERNS/ISSUES:

•    Complete installation and set up of court server.

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

•    Anti-virus protection for computers.