Cirt

FACTS

Jacob Aaron Cirt is charged in a felony complaint with possession of methamphetamine and sale or transportation of ecstasy. On July 2, 2021, Cirt was present in court when he was arraigned on the complaint in Department N3 before Judge Thomas J. Lo. According to the docket, Cirt was remanded to the custody of the Sheriff and bail set in the amount of $100,000. Cirt was ordered to be in court for the pretrial hearing set for July 23, 2021, and the preliminary hearing on July 29, 2021, both scheduled to take place in Department N12. Four days after Cirt was arraigned, a docket entry indicates a bail bond was posted and Cirt was released from custody. The week before Cirt was scheduled to be back in court, the docket entry on July 14, 2021, states that Cirt’s case was transferred from Department N12 back to the calendar court in Department N3. On July 23, 2021, Judge Lo presided over Cirt’s pretrial hearing in Department N3. It appears that Cirt was not present when the court called the case and a bench warrant was issued, but recalled when Cirt appeared later that

* Before O’Leary, P. J., Goethals, J., and Marks, J.** ** Judge of the Orange Super. Ct., assigned by the Chief…