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The judge is holding him without bail.
Next case is a violation of probation case involving a person who needs inpatient treatment. The state is asking for HWOB, citing “a terrible arrest record that didn’t result in convictions” (actual quote).
The judge is holding him without bail.
The jail has now produced four people on the conference line to participate in their hearings.
Next person is being held for probation violation at Central Booking, which has had a big spike in COVID cases. His trial (for a property charge) isn’t set until October. State asking for HWOB.
State concedes he needs treatment for mental illness and substance issues and asks that a plan be put in place if he is released. Imagine the plans we could put in place for people if we didn’t spend all our money arresting them.
Judge Dorsey held the above person without bail.
Next case was caught in a procedural snag and the motion was withdrawn for now.
Next case is a young father. His small children are with relatives because he is in jail and their mother has COVID.
He has been in jail for six months. Attorney points out that is a good chunk of what he would serve for this case.
He is on probation for a drug offense, and the state alleges a technical violation of that probation (for not reporting). VOP dockets are where lives get ruined for the types of mistakes the rest of us make all the time with minimal consequences.
The state is citing old cases that were dismissed as evidence that he shouldn’t be released.
If he’s not released, his next court date won’t be for 2 more months.
Judge Dorsey holding him without bail.
Next case is another very young man whose bail was reviewed back in March before courts were closed. At the time he was scheduled for a preliminary hearing in April, which of course did not happen, so he is still in jail.
His case hasn’t been indicted yet, despite the fact that grand juries have reconvened, so there’s no trial date.
The state claims he violated probation via “drug activity.” They are bizarrely citing his young age as one of the reasons he should be held without bail.
The state claims he was found with drugs and a gun. His defense attorney points out that the statement of charges doesn’t even mention a gun. The state claims a gun was mentioned in March. His attorney listened to the transcript of that hearing and there was no gun.
The judge says he’s looking at the file and there was no handgun recovered. State now apologizing for the “confusion.”
Despite the fact that this just became a drugs-only case, the state reiterates it wants him held without bail.
Judge Dorsey is holding him without bail, punting until the VOP is handled.
Next case was just a continuance.
Next: another very young man who is alleged to have been with someone who committed a robbery. He has no priors but the state is “very concerned” about “his record.”
Judge will release him to home detention if he can get approved by one of the private monitoring companies.
Next case is another young father. He was in treatment for PTSD prior to being arrested for trespassing. The state claims he had a gun when he was arrested. The ASA says she “can’t in good conscience” ask for HWOB because the state has offered a deal under which he’d be out soon.
Judge is releasing him to pretrial supervision.
Next case has already been dismissed.
Next up: a father who is also a caretaker for his own mom. He has a medical condition that makes him vulnerable to COVID. He ran when an unmarked vehicle pulled up to him. It was the cops, who chased him and found marijuana and MDMA. They claim he discarded a gun.
The state claims he is a danger to the community, citing his “history.” Pretrial says his history is “all CDS.” And they are recommending no bail.
Judge Dorsey calls him a threat to public safety and is holding him without bail.
Next case is a pregnant mother of two young children. She is being held at Central Booking, where COVID cases have spiked recently. She’s accused of attempted murder in a shooting she isn’t alleged to have committed. Calling this case “confusing” would be diplomatic.
The ASA is presenting the allegations in the statement of probable cause as facts. And the ASA says “I understand she’s pregnant, but she was also pregnant at the time” of the alleged events.
The state is also accusing her of setting a fire. The fire was set inside a residence she isn’t even accused of having been inside of.
Judge Dorsey says she is a threat to public safety and is holding her without bail.
Next case is one where - as is a DAILY occurrence - the state has had no contact with the complaining witness.
The state agrees with defense that pretrial supervision is appropriate, and the judge is honoring that agreement.
Next case is a request for modification to conditions. He is on electronic home monitoring and needs permission to leave his home to cash his social security check.
The state is opposing any modification, because “the state believes the defendant should have been held without bond.” They claim his “family members can help” cash his check.
Judge Dorsey wants to know if he has a bank account, so that someone else can deposit his checks for him. 
The complaining witness in this case has contacted the defense repeatedly to recant and is upset that the case is going forward.
The checks need to be cashed because he has to use the money to pay for the electronic home monitoring that is keeping him from leaving his house to cash them. Judge Dorsey is denying the request and says he needs to have someone else cash the checks.
This system is designed to be impossible for poor people to navigate.
Next case is just a postponement request.
Next: a 20-year-old man who was in a car that was searched because the other person in it had been involved in something. The car had a gun in it.
Pretrial says he has no record and recommends release. The ASA says “based on his record” and “the totality of the circumstances” he should be on electronic home monitoring. Judge is releasing to supervision.
Next: a man whose father died while he’s been incarcerated. Before his arrest he was helping to take care of his mom.
The state is reciting the police statement as if it is fact, again.
Judge Dorsey is holding him without bail.
That was the end of the docket. We hope to be back soon with a breakdown of the numbers.
