The next Jury Trials in Thomasville will be the week of July 13--17, 2009. These are Civil trials, with the Honorable Jim Tunison presiding. The trials will be in the 3rd Floor Courtroom. See below for a list of cases, closer to that date.
After that, Criminal Jury Trials will be held. The Honorable Harry Jay Altman, II will preside over these trials, on the 3rd Floor of Thomas County Courthouse. See below for a list of cases.
JURY INSTRUCTIONS
The jury summons you receive in the mail will tell you what time and to which floor of the Courthouse you should report. Do not wear shorts of any design. Be sure the Court has your correct address.
Jury trials generally last all or a portion of one week. The Judge will tell you when to return on subsequent days. Every step will be taken to keep you at the Courthouse for as short a time as possible when not involved in the trial of a case.
Should you have any questions or need any assistance, please speak to the bailiff or security officer. You may also call the Clerk of Court office at 229-225-4108 for further questions regarding jury duty.
The right to jury trials is a fundamental right in our democratic society. It is immemorial; it was brought from England to this country by the colonists, and it became the birthright of every citizen of this country. This right is dear to the American people -- it should be zealously guarded.
Your service as jurors is both a privilege and a civil duty. Be ever vigilant to protect the jury system. Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.
*JULY 27, 2009
HONORABLE HARRY JAY ALTMAN, II, PRESIDING
MS. BETH CELESCHI, COURT REPORTER
3RD FLOOR COURTROOM, COURTHOUSE
9:30 A.M.
CHRISTOPHER C. COOK: THEFT BY TAKING, 2 COUNTS (RAY AUMAN/CHRIS RODD)
OCTAVAN TEAL: TRAFFICKING IN COCAINE (RAY AUMAN/BERT JEWELL)
RECARDA V. HART: POSSESSION COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE (JIM PRINE/BERT JEWELL)
ERICA MCFADDEN: TRAFFICKING IN COCAINE (RAY AUMAN/DON LYLES)
ANGELA MILLER THOMAS: BURGLARY (RAY AUMAN/DON LYLES)
ANDREW L. ROBINSON: THEFT BY TAKING; BURGLARY, 2 COUNTS (CATHERINE SMITH/DON LYLES)
JERROD L. BAKER: BURGLARY; GIVING FALSE NAME (RAY AUMAN/DON LYLES)
JIMMY F. GARDNER: AGGRAVATED ASSAULT; KIDNAPPING; POSSESSION FIREARM DURING THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME; FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE POLICE OFFICER (RAY AUMAN/DON LYLES)
DEANGELO R. STRINGER: ARMED ROBBERY; FALSE IMPRISONMENT (RAY AUMAN/DON LYLES)
QUINTAVIOUS D. MOORE: ARMED ROBBERY; FALSE IMPRISONMENT (RAY AUMAN/JESS HORNSBY)
TOMMIE L. MITCHELL: BURGLARY (RAY AUMAN/JESS HORNSBY)
SANTANEIKA FELTON: THEFT BY RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY (RAY AUMAN/DON LYLES)
JUSTIN M. EDWARDS: AGGRAVATED ASSAULT; OBSTRUCTION OF AN EMERGENCY CALL (RAY AUMAN/JESS HORNSBY)
TOYA F. THOMAS: FORGERY IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 10 COUNTS (JIM PRINE/JESS HORNSBY)
ANTHONY V. RHAMES: FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARD FRAUD, 4 COUNTS (JIM PRINE/JESS HORNSBY)
JACQUES S. MITCHELL: SALE OF COCAINE, 2 COUNTS; ARMED ROBBERY (JIM PRINE/JESS HORNSBY)
FITZGERALD T. MITCHELL: ARMED ROBBERY; KIDNAPPING (JIM PRINE/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
HENRY J. SNEED: POSSESSION COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE; POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE; OBSTRUCTION OF OFFICER (JIM PRINE/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
BRADFORD A. HILL: THEFT BY TAKING (RAY AUMAN/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
JOHN W. GARREN: BURGLARY; FORGERY IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 2 COUNTS (JIM PRINE/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
TREVON D. SANDERS: SALE OF COCAINE (RAY AUMAN/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
MICHELLE L. THURMAN: BURGLARY; THEFT BY TAKING; LOITERING OR PROWLING; POSSESSION OF TOOLS FOR THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME; POSSESSION MARIJUANA (CATHERINE SMITH/DON LYLES)
MICHAEL E. SHARP: BURGLARY; THEFT BY TAKING; POSSESSION OF TOOLS FOR THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME; LOITERING OR PROWLING (CATHERINE SMITH/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
CARZELL L. WILLIAMS: CRUELTY TO CHILDREN 1ST DEGREE (JIM PRINE/OLIVER REGISTER)
ASHLEY R. BROOKS: THEFT BY TAKING (RAY AUMAN/PERRY FIELDING)
LINDSEY L. GERALD: POSSESSION COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE; DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED; OPEN CONTAINER (RAY AUMAN/CHRIS AMBROSE)
WILBUR H. WALKER: MANUFACTURE OF MARIJUANA; POSSESSION MARIJUANA; POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY CONVICTED FELON (CATHERINE SMITH/CHRIS RODD)
JERRY D. GUNTER: POSSESSION OF A SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (JIM PRINE/CHRIS RODD)
YOLANDA Y. WILLIAMS: THEFT BY SHOPLIFTING (RAY AUMAN/STEVE KELLEY)
MARQUIZ A. WALKER: THEFT BY TAKING (RAY AUMAN/JAMES COUNCIL)
MICHAEL T. MAYS: THEFT BY TAKING (RAY AUMAN/STEVE KELLEY)
REJEANA RUSSELL: THEFT BY TAKING (RAY AUMAN/DON LYLES)
NATHANIEL BRINSON: POSSESSION COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE (JIM PRINE/STEVE KELLEY)
FREDRICK D. MCBURROW, AKA FREDERICK D. ATKINS: POSSESSION FIREARM BY CONVICTED FELON (JIM PRINE/DON LYLES)
TYJUAN T. WHITE: POSSESSION COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE (CATHERINE SMITH/CHEVENE KING)
ADRIAN DAVIS: THEFT BY TAKING; BURGLARY, 5 COUNTS; STATUTORY RAPE; ENTICING A CHILD FOR INDECENT PURPOSES (CATHERINE SMITH/CHEVENE KING)
BERNARD M. HILL: THEFT BY DECEPTION (CATHERINE SMITH/JESS HORNSBY)
ANDREANA PETTIS; POSSESSION MARIJUANA WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE; OBSTRUCTION OF OFFICER (RAY AUMAN/JESS HORNSBY)
WESLEY GILLIS; STATUTORY RAPE (CATHERINE SMITH/JESS HORNSBY)
CARLTON GIBSON: DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE; TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE; OBSTRUCTION OF OFFICER (RAY AUMAN/JESS HORNSBY)
BERNARD M. HILL: BURGLARY; DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED; NO PROOF OF INSURANCE; FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE POLICE OFFICER; IMPROPER DISPLAY OF LICENSE PLATE; OPERATION OF UNREGISTERED VEHICLE (CATHERINE SMITH/JESS HORNSBY)
TIMOTHY J. EDWARDS: THEFT BY TAKING; THEFT BY DECEPTION (CATHERINE SMITH/JESS HORNSBY)
LAWRENCE G. ELLIS, III: THEFT BY RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY (RAY AUMAN/JESS HORNSBY)
RICARDO T. SCOTT: POSSESSION COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE (JIM PRINE/JESS HORNSBY)
LADARIAN J. ELLIS: BURGLARY (RAY AUMAN/JESS HORNSBY)
DEMETRIUS D. THOMAS: POSSESSION COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE; POSSESSION MARIJUANA (JIM PRINE/JESS HORNSBY)
TORI D. SAPP: SALE OF COCAINE; POSSESSION COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE (JIM PRINE/JESS HORNSBY)
ROGER BATTLE: THEFT BY TAKING; IDENTITY FRAUD (CATHERINE SMITH/JESS HORNSBY)
CASSANDRA L. ARNOLD: INTERFERENCE WITH GOVERNMENT PROPERTY; SIMPLE BATTERY; POSSESSION MARIJUANA (JIM PRINE/DON LYLES)
DUSTIN L. KNIGHT: TERRORISTIC THREATS (JIM PRINE/DON LYLES)
JAMES R. MEADOWS: BURGLARY; THEFT BY TAKING (JIM PRINE/DON LYLES)
MELVIN D. SADLER: BURGLARY (JIM PRINE/DON LYLES)
JAMES G. MCMILLAN, JR.: THEFT BY TAKING MOTOR VEHICLE (RAY AUMAN/DON LYLES)
LARRY D. MURRAY, JR.: FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE A POLICE OFFICER (RAY AUMAN/DON LYLES)
WILLIAM RAWLS: TERRORISTIC THREATS (RAY AUMAN/DON LYLES)
MONICA WALDEN: HINDERING APPREHENSION OR PUNISHMENT OF A CRIMINAL (JIM PRINE/DON LYLES)
TERRY L. WORTHY: HINDERING APPREHENSION OR PUNISHMENT OF A CRIMINAL (JIM PRINE/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
JONATHAN MCNEIL: THEFT BY TAKING (RAY AUMAN/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
CRYSTAL L. TATUM: THEFT BY TAKING; POSSESSION MARIJUANA WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE (RAY AUMAN/DON LYLES)
DAVID B. AVALOS: POSSESSION COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE; POSSESSION MARIJUANA (JIM PRINE/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
MICHAEL SINGLETON: POSSESSION COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE; POSSESSION MARIJUANA (JIM PRINE/DON LYLES)
FARON ORAL LAW: POSSESSION MARIJUANA WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE (RAY AUMAN/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
ANGELA PRATER: FINANCIAL IDENTITY FRAUD (RAY AUMAN/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
RODNEY W. MCCOY, JR.: AGGRAVATED STALKING; CRIMINAL TRESPASS; SIMPLE ASSAULT, FAMILY VIOLENCE, 4 COUNTS; CRUELTY TO CHILDREN IN THE 3RD DEGREE, 3 COUNTS (RAY AUMAN/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
BOBBY W. BAGGETT: PEEPING TOM (RAY AUMAN/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
ROBERTA B. STALLING: FORGERY IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 2 COUNTS (RAY AUMAN/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
NAOMI BROOKS: FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARD FRAUD (RAY AUMAN/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
ALFREDA L. SHELTON: FORGERY IN THE FIRST DEGREE, 4 COUNTS (RAY AUMAN/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
CARMEN T. CLARK: IDENTITY FRAUD; FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARD FRAUD, 7 COUNTS (CATHERINE SMITH/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
LARRY L. COX: THEFT BY TAKING (JIM PRINE/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
DEVANE N. REDDICK: POSSESSION COCAINE; GIVING FALSE NAME TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED; FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE POLICE OFFICER; RECKLESS DRIVING; FAILURE TO STOP AT STOP SIGN; OPEN CONTAINER; DRIVING WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS (CATHERINE SMITH/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
RASHAD A. WILLIAMS: THEFT BY EXTORTION (JIM PRINE/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
NOLA J. WILSON: BURGLARY, 2 COUNTS; THEFT BY TAKING (CATHERINE SMITH/JENNIFER HUMPHREY)
MICHAEL GUYTON: OBSTRUCTION OF OFFICER; DISORDERLY CONDUCT (CATHERINE SMITH/PRO SE)