A judge presiding over the 24 CCR docket set new bonds in multiple cases and ordered that existing bond conditions remain in effect, court records and on-the-record remarks show. In one matter the judge set a new bond at $18,000 and instructed that “all the prior bond conditions from 12/04/2023 shall remain in place.” In a separate matter the judge set a new bond at $2,500 and said the bond conditions from 03/17/2024 would remain in effect.

The bond-setting remarks appeared as the court progressed through a series of status conferences. The judge addressed defendants directly when announcing outcomes: “Mister Azam, you're free to go,” and later confirmed that new bonds were established with prior conditions carried forward.

Why it matters: bond amounts and conditions determine whether defendants remain free pending future court dates and under what restrictions, such as travel limits or electronic monitoring if previously ordered. Carrying prior conditions forward preserves the court’s earlier decisions about restrictions while altering the secured amount required for release.

In the $18,000 case the court explicitly tied the bond amount to prior conditions entered on Dec. 4, 2023; in the later proceeding the judge set the bond at $2,500 and kept the bond conditions entered on March 17, 2024.

No ordinance, statute, or other legal authority was cited on the record at the times the bonds were set. The transcript shows the actions were judicial orders delivered from the bench during routine docket call and status updates. There was no recorded motion vote or objection in the excerpts reviewed; the judge issued the orders and directed court staff and counsel to proceed.

The court also admonished at least one defendant to secure counsel before an upcoming jury trial setting and set pretrial dates for several matters during the same docket session.

Additional procedural details and case-specific follow-up were left to counsel and court coordinators; for example, one defendant was told to appear in person for a future setting and another to contact court staff about compliance steps.

The docket will return multiple matters for pretrial and trial dates in coming weeks.