Thread by @bmorecourtwatch

Good morning. We’re waiting for bail reviews to start. Here is our thread from yesterday’s docket:

https://twitter.com/bmorecourtwatch/status/1371807882946220036

Today in Baltimore City Circuit Court: Judge Jones is presiding. She reads the usual statement on remote proceedings and the prohibition on recording.

CASE 1: a man who is being held in a jail that says they didn’t get notice of this hearing, so the man isn’t available by videoconference. Case is postponed.

(Hearing is still going, we had an interruption on our end!)

Case 2: An individual with a credible defense. The state is asking HWOB.
Pretrial: HWOB
Judge: HWOB

Case 3: A young person who has had COVID while in jail. Defense has worked to get treatment services in place.
State agrees to treatment plan.
Pretrial agrees to treatment plan.
Judge Jones order HWOB

Case 4: A person being held on a citizen complaint with a wild tale of a shoot out with police during a car chase through Baltimore, for which there is no record.
State: HWOB
Pretrial: HWOB
Judge: HWOB

Case 5: A breastfeeding mother being held on pure speculation.
State: HWOB
Pretrial: ROR
Judge: ROR

Case 6: An older gentleman with severe health issues that have required multiple hospitalizations while jailed, including a recent trip to shock trauma.
State: Home detention
Pretrial: Home detention
Judge: Home detention

Case 7: A person who acted in self defense and now charged for doing so.
State: HWOB
Pretrial: HWOB
Judge: HWOB

Case 8: An earlier case from Courtwatch that is being reheard due the inability of the juvenile system and the adult system to work together to accomplish the same thing.
State: HWOB
Pretrial: Home detention
Judge: Home Detention

Case 9: A person arrested after a traffic stop for tinted windows, in a car they do not own, where there was a gun legally owned by the owner of the car.
State: HWOB
Pretrial: Home detention
Judge: ROR to pretrial supervision

Case 10: A home detention modification request to allow another court to do their job. State is OK with allowing another court to do their job.
Judge grants modification

Case 11: A modification request to allow a single mother of a school age child to do laundry. And go grocery shopping.
State: Has no objection to getting food.
Judge: Grants a limited modification of 5 hours a week for personal errands.

Case 12: Defense lawyer not on call, judge will reschedule the case for a later date.

Case 13: A case where person was in house when a search warrant was issued. The target of the warrant had all charges dropped. And for reasons everyone questioned, and no one can explain, the warrant was served at 4am.
State: HWOB
Pretrial: Home detention
Judge: Home detention

Case 14: A person where a plea is almost worked out, but it will be some time before it goes through. Request for home detention to get out of horrendous COVID conditions while waiting for delayed court movements.
State: HWOB
Pretrial: HWOB
Judge: HWOB

Case 15: A person who was found with nothing arrestable on his person, but co defendant who did have such items and already been released.
State; HWOB
Pretrial: HWOB
Judge: HWOB

Case 16: A case in which Judge Jackson asked for extraordinary services be put in place before releasing the person to metal treatment that all are agree are needed. The OPD office pulled an almost impossible task and did as Judge asked.

State: HWOB
Pretrial: Home detention
Judge: Postpone for Judge Jackson to hear case.

(Treatment beds are limited in Maryland and delays in admission often means losing placement spot)

That is the end of today's docket. Enjoy St. Patrick's Day with social distancing and masks. Better yet, be like Ireland, which survived multiple plagues, and celebrate at home with quiet observance. And don't call the police.