Man Who Gave Himself Up After Error Is Granted Bail : Courts: Murder suspect voluntarily went back to jail after judge’s mistake freed him. His family will try to come up with $50,000 bond.

A murder suspect who voluntarily returned to jail after being mistakenly released for three days was granted bail Thursday as a reward for coming back.

Judge Richard P. Neidorf--who last week inadvertently triggered the release of 19-year-old Leandro Alamillo--set bail at $50,000.

The error that led to Alamillo’s release occurred last Friday when Neidorf, in dismissing charges against co-defendant Carlos Vaquerano, said: “Case dismissed.” Neidorf’s clerk, thinking he meant the entire case, notified sheriff’s deputies that Vaquerano and Alamillo should be freed.

The two had been held without bail since August in the death of Paul Ortiz, 20, who was gunned down on a street corner near Silver Lake in what authorities said was a dispute over drugs.

During Thursday’s hearing, Deputy Dist. Atty. Daniel Ramirez fought for a higher bail, but he praised Neidorf afterward.

“He’s a good judge. He’s an excellent judge,” Ramirez said. “He specifically indicated that he was setting bail because (Alamillo) has shown by direct evidence he was going to come to court of his own volition.”

Setting of bail in a murder case depends on the case and the character and background of the suspect, Ramirez said.

Richard Walton, Alamillo’s lawyer, said his client’s father, who owns a landscaping business, will try to raise the bail money. “It’s going to be a struggle,” Walton said, “but they are going to try.”