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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

2010 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.
2010 Felony Bail Schedule
2010 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
8:15 A.M.	Juvenile 602's Detention Hrgs Jurisdiction Hrgs Disposition Hrgs	Juvenile Detention	Juvenile Detention	Juvenile Detention	Juvenile 602’s Detention Hrgs Jurisdiction Hrgs Disposition Hrgs
8:30 A.M.		Jury Trials	Jury Trials	Jury Trials
10:00 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
NOON	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:30 P.M.	LONG CAUSE HEARINGS Juvenile Criminal/Civil Family Law Dependancy	Jury Trials	Jury Trials	Jury Trials	LONG CAUSE HEARINGS Juvenile Criminal/Civil Family Law Dependancy

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	Jury Trials	LONG CAUSE HEARINGS Criminal, Civil, Family Law
2:00 P.M.	1st Monday Behavioral Health Court	2nd & 4th Tuesday Dependency Drug Court
4:00 P.M.	2nd and 4th Monday Juvenile Drug Court

Department 3

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

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8:30 A.M.	General Criminal Calendar (Felony)	Criminal Trials	Criminal Trials Domestic Violence Compliance Calendar (Last Wednesday of each Month)	Criminal Trials	General Criminal Calendar (Misdemeanor)
9:30 A.M.	Preliminary Hearings
10:00 A.M.				Behavioral Health 1st & 3rd Thursday
NOON	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:30 P.M.	Preliminary Hearings	Criminal Trials	Criminal Trials	Criminal Trials *Trial Readiness Conferences - calendared 2 weeks prior to trial date	Motions Long Cause Hearings
3:00 P.M.	In Custody Arraignments	In Custody Arraignments Short Cause Special Sets	In Custody Arraignments Short Cause Special Sets	In Custody Arraignments Short Cause Special Sets	In Custody Arraignments
*Trial Readiness Conferences may be scheduled a various times, please call to confirm you hearing date and time.

Department 4

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

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	Quarterly, 1st Thursday
8:30 A.M.	Detention Hearings Civil & Criminal Trials	Detention Hearings Civil & Criminal Trials	Detention Hearings Civil & Criminal Trials	Detention Hearings Juvenile 602 PUBLIC DEFENDER	Detention Hearings Criminal (Trial readiness conferences calendared 2 weeks prior to trial date)	Detention Hearings Juvenile 602 PUBLIC DEFENDER
10:30 a.m.				Juvenile 602 Appointed and Private Counsel	Criminal	Juvenile 602 Appointed and Private Counsel
NOON	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:30 P.M.	Civil & Criminal Trials	Civil & Criminal Trials	1:00 p.m. Out of Custody Arraignments (Called at 2:00 pm)	Reserved for Contested Hearings	Civil Law & Motion	Quarterly Juror OSC Oct/Jan/Apr/Jul
2:30 P.M.				Trial de Novo (1 per week)
4:00 P.M.	Ex Parte Hearings	Ex Parte Hearings	Ex Parte Hearings	Ex Parte Hearings	Ex Parte Hearings

Department 7

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

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8:00 A.M.	Felony VOP Pre-Preliminary Hearings	**8:30a.m. Felony and Misdemeanor Arraignments	Felony Preliminary Hearings	Conference DUI / Drug Court 2nd/3rd/4th ** Felony Preliminary Hearings 1st/5th	Misdemeanor Pretrial Conferences
NOON	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:00 P.M.	Arraignments	Arraignments	Arraignments	Arraignments	Arraignments
1:00 P.M.	Felony VOP Pre-Preliminary Hearings	**2:00p.m. Felony and Misdemeanor Arraignments	Felony Preliminary Hearings	DUI / Drug Court 2nd/3rd/4th ** Felony Preliminary Hearings 1st/5th	Motions 1538.5, Pitchess, etc

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

8:15 A.M.

8:30 A.M.

10:00 A.M.

NOON

1:30 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

8:30 A.M.

9:30 A.M.

10:00 A.M.

NOON

1:30 P.M.

3:00 P.M.

Department 4

TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Quarterly, 1st Thursday

8:30 A.M.

10:30 a.m.

NOON

1:30 P.M.

2:30 P.M.

4:00 P.M.

Department 7

TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8:00 A.M.

NOON

1:00 P.M.

1:00 P.M.

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