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Court Proceedings
Your first court appearance date will be an arraignment. On this date, you will be given an opportunity to enter a plea of either “guilty” or “not guilty”. You will not have an opportunity to explain any defenses, extenuating circumstances, or other mitigating factors before entering a plea to the Judge.
If you have any questions about whether your case is court required or non-court required, speak with the court staff.
If you entered a plea of not guilty, you will be set for a trial court date. During your trial date, you will speak with the prosecutor. The prosecutor, at his sole discretion, may offer a plea agreement or recommend the defendant for a pre-trial diversion program. Any such agreement will be to be approved by the judge in order to become effective.
If the prosecutor does not offer an alternative agreement, or if the defendant does not accept an agreement offered by the prosecutor, the trial will proceed as scheduled.
Court Schedule
Jemison Municipal Court meets on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month unless otherwise noted. Court starts at 1:00 p.m.
THE 2012 JEMISON MUNICIPAL COURT SCHEDULE:
January 9th Arraignment
January 23th Trials
February 27th Arraignment
March 12th Arraignment
March 26th Trials
April 9th Arraignment
April 23th Trials
May 14th Arraignment
May ??? Trials
June 11th Arraignment
June 25th Trials
July 9th Arraignment
July 23th Trials
August 13th Arraignment
August 27nd Trials
September 10th Arraignment
September 24th Trials
October 8th Arraignment
October 22th Trials
November 12th Arraignment
December 10th Arraignment
About your court date
At some point, every defendant in our court is issued a court appearance date. If you receive a traffic citation, the court appearance date will be at the bottom of the citation, in the space marked “Court Appearance Date”. If you were arrested, you were given a court appearance date at the time you bonded out of jail. Please note that the Court is obligated to follow the date on our copy of the records. If you have any questions about your court date, please contact the Court as soon as possible, but no later than the day before your scheduled court date.
