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Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado

Our Mission

To preserve and enhance the rule of law in El Dorado County by providing all persons a fair, efficient, and accessible forum for resolving disputes, protecting public safety, and righting wrongs.

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Criminal

The Criminal Division files, processes and maintains criminal records of all felonies and misdemeanors. The Division maintains an index of filings and record of criminal dispositions. Calendars are prepared and maintained through an automated case management system.

What is a Felony?

A felony is a crime punishable by death, or imprisonment in the state prison or county jail and fines.

What is a Misdemeanor?

Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by any law of this state, every offense declared to be a misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail, or by fine, or both.

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Bail Schedules

2013 Uniform Bail Schedule
The dollar amount indicated in this bail schedule is subject to further fees and/or surcharges not shown here. Please use this amount as an estimate to prepare for your fine, not as an absolute amount to send the court.
2013 Felony & Misdemeanor Bail Schedule

Criminal Court Schedules

Department 1, Assistant Presiding Judge James R. Wagoner
Department 2, Judge Daniel B. Proud
Department 3, Presiding Judge Suzanne N. Kingsbury
Department 4, Judge Steven C. Bailey
Department 7, Judge Douglas C. Phimister

Department 1

Assistant Presiding Judge James R. Wagoner
495 Main Street
Placerville, CA 95667

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8:30 A.M.	PUBLIC DEFENDER Arraignment on Info Pretrial / Trial Setting Readiness Conf J&S 995 Motions	Jury Trials	Jury Trials	Jury Trials	PRIVATE COUNSEL Arraignment on Info Pretrial / Trial Setting Readiness Conf J&S 995 Motions
NOON	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:30 P.M.	LONG CAUSE HEARINGS Criminal/Civil Family Law	Jury Trials	Jury Trials	Jury Trials	LONG CAUSE HEARINGS Criminal/Civil Family Law
2:30 P.M.	2nd Monday Veterans Court (1:30 Vet Team Meets w/Judge)
4:00 P.M.	2nd & 4th Monday Juvenile Drug Court

(Dept 1 calendar effective 5/1/2013)

Department 2

Judge Daniel B. Proud
495 Main Street
Placerville, CA 95667

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8:00 A.M.
8:15 A.M.	Traffic Court Trials				Small Claims
8:30 A.M.	PUBLIC DEFENDER Arraignment on Info Pretrial / Trial Setting Readiness Conf J&S 995 Motions				PRIVATE COUNSEL Arraignment on Info Pretrial / Trial Setting Readiness Conf J&S 995 Motions
9:30 A.M.		Jury Trials	Jury Trials	Jury Trials
NOON	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:30 P.M.	LONG CAUSE HEARINGS Criminal, Civil, Family Law	Jury Trials	Jury Trials	2nd & 4th Thursday 1:00p.m. Dependency Drug Court (12:30 DDC Team meets with Judge)	LONG CAUSE HEARINGS Criminal, Civil, Family Law
2:00 P.M.	1st Monday Behavioral Health Court
4:00 P.M.

(Dept 2 calendar effective 06/25/2012)

Department 3

Presiding Judge Suzanne N. Kingsbury
1354 Johnson Blvd.
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8:15 A.M.	This block reserved for 300 Juv Detentions Alternating in Dept 3 or 4 as needed
8:30 A.M.	General Criminal Calendar (Felony)		Criminal Trials	Domestic Violence Compliance Calendar (Last Thursday of each Month)	General Criminal Calendar (Misdemeanor)
9:30 A.M.	Criminal Trials
10:00 A.M.		(Trial Day)	(Trial Day)	(Trial Day)
NOON	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:15 P.M.	In Custody Arrgn	In Custody Arrgn	In Custody Arrgn	In Custody Arrgn	In Custody Arrgn
1:30 P.M.	Preliminary Hearings	Criminal Trials	Criminal Trials	Trial Readiness Conferences	Motions Long Cause Hearings
3:00 P.M.	Short Cause Special Sets	Short Cause Special Sets		Short Cause Special Sets

(Dept 3 calendar effective 07/09/2012)

Department 4

Judge Steven C. Bailey
1354 Johnson Blvd.
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8:15 A.M.	602 Detention Hearings	602 Detention Hearings	602 Detention Hearings	602 Detention Hearings	602 Detention Hearings
8:30 A.M.	Civil/Crim Trials Civil Long Cause	Civil/Crim Trials PXs and Criminal Long Cause	Probate	Juv 602 and 2.41 Hrgs Public Defender	Adult Feloney Drug Court (1st, 3rd)
9:00 A.M.	Dangerous Dogs (2nd, 4th)		Civil & Criminal Trials		Criminal Hearings
10:30 A.M.				Juvenile 602 Appointed and Private Counsel
11:15 A.M.					602 Detention Hearings
NOON	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:15 P.M.	Reserved for Criminal In-Custody Hearings if Dept 3 is not available
					Afternoon Long Cause Special Sets and ex parte hrgs approved by Judge Bailey only
1:30 P.M.	Civil/Probate Long Cause	Criminal Long Cause	1:00 p.m. Out of Custody Arraignments (called at 1:30pm)	Monthly BHP (3rd) Contested 602 Hrgs (1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th)	Civil Law & Motion (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th) 1:35 p.m. Monthly Civil Prove-ups (4th) 1:45 p.m. Trial in Limine Mtns
3:30 P.M.				Monthly Veterans Court (2nd) STOPNOW (2nd, 4th)
4:00 P.M.	Ex Parte Hearings	Judicial Status Hearings Ex Parte Hearings	Ex Parte Hearings	Ex Parte Hearings	Ex Parte Hearings

(Dept 4 calendar effective 07/09/2012)

Department 7

Judge Douglas C. Phimister
2850 Fairlane Court, Suite 120
Placerville, CA 95667

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8:00 A.M.	Felony VOP Pre-Preliminary Hearings		Felony Preliminary Hearings	DUI / Drug Court 2nd 3rd & 4th ****** Felony Preliminary Hearings 1st & 5th Special Sets	Misdemeanor Pretrial Conferences
8:30 A.M.		Felony and Misdemeanor Arraignments
NOON	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:00 P.M.	Arraignments	Arraignments	Arraignments	Arraignments	Arraignments
1:00 P.M.	Felony VOP Pre-Preliminary Hearings	Felony and Misdemeanor Arraignments	Felony Preliminary Hearings	DUI / Drug Court 2nd 3rd & 4th ****** Felony Preliminary Hearings 1st & 5th Special Sets	Motions 1538.5, Pitchess, etc Contested Hrgs Restitution/VOP Probation Transfers

(Dept 7 calendar effective 10/01/2011)

Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado

Our Mission

Frequently Used Links

Criminal

What is a Felony?

What is a Misdemeanor?

Payment options/ online payments

Bail Schedules

Criminal Court Schedules

Department 1

TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8:30 A.M.

NOON

1:30 P.M.

2:30 P.M.

4:00 P.M.

Department 2

TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8:00 A.M.

8:15 A.M.

8:30 A.M.

9:30 A.M.

NOON

1:30 P.M.

2:00 P.M.

4:00 P.M.

Department 3

TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8:15 A.M.

8:30 A.M.

9:30 A.M.

10:00 A.M.

NOON

1:15 P.M.

1:30 P.M.

3:00 P.M.

Department 4

TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8:15 A.M.

8:30 A.M.

9:00 A.M.

10:30 A.M.

11:15 A.M.

NOON

1:15 P.M.

1:30 P.M.

3:30 P.M.

4:00 P.M.

Department 7

TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8:00 A.M.

8:30 A.M.

NOON

1:00 P.M.

1:00 P.M.