Circuit Houston and Henry County Court Watch May 28, 2025

Compiled by Linda Boster

HOUSTON COUNTY

Honorable Judge Benjamin Lewis – District Criminal

• 1 case: Domestic Violence – Strangulation

Honorable Judge Christopher K. Richardson – Circuit Criminal

• Domestic Relations:

  • 2 cases: Contested Divorce, Petition for Custody

Honorable Judge Henry D. “Butch” Binford – Circuit Civil / Circuit Criminal / District Criminal

• Domestic Relations:

  • 1 case: Contested Divorce

• District Criminal:

  • 10 cases:

    • Possession/Receipt of a Controlled Substance (x4)

    • Receiving Stolen Property 1st (x4)

    • Possession of a Forged Instrument 2nd

    • Destruction of State Property/Inmate

• Circuit Civil:

  • 1 case: Medical Malpractice

• Circuit Criminal:

  • 132 cases ranging from:

    • Capital Murder

    • Bond Forfeiture – Felony

    • Forgery 3rd

    • Assault 2nd

    • Resisting Arrest

    • Theft of Property 2nd

Honorable Judge M. John Steenland III – Circuit Criminal / District Criminal

• District Criminal:

  • 8 cases:

    • Escape 2nd (x2)

    • Possession/Receipt of a Controlled Substance (x3)

    • Possession of a Forged Instrument (x3)

• Circuit Criminal:

  • 56 cases ranging from:

    • Human Trafficking 1st

    • Resisting Arrest

    • Electronic Solicitation

    • Traveling to Meet a Child

    • Attempt to Elude

Honorable Judge Lori Collier Ingram – District Criminal / Child Support / Domestic Relations

• Child Support:

  • 17 cases:

    • Child Support

    • Contempt/Rule NISI

    • Petition to Modify

    • Child Support – Foreign Judgment

• Domestic Relations:

  • 1 case: Contempt/Rule NISI

HENRY COUNTY

Honorable Judge R. Todd Derrick – Circuit Civil / Circuit Criminal / Domestic Relations

• Domestic Relations:

  • 5 cases:

    • Contested Divorce (x3)

    • Contempt/Rule NISI

    • Petition to Modify

• Circuit Civil:

  • 12 cases covering:

    • Real Property

    • Other Civil Matters

    • Quiet Title – Land Bankruptcy

    • Negligence – Motor Vehicle

• Circuit Criminal:

  • 3 cases:

    • Capital Murder – Vehicle

    • Capital Murder – Robbery

    • Capital Murder – Kidnapping