Popkov maintains in his motion for summary judgment that it was reasonable to hold Andersen overnight because a judge was required to set bond before Andersen could be released given the nature of the charge and that could not happen until the following day. As explained by Popkov, while the Illinois Supreme Court may prescribe "a uniform schedule of amounts of bail" in misdemeanor cases such that arrestees charged with minor offenses can bond out from the police station without having to appear in court, see 725 ILCS 5/110-15 and People v. Zlatnik, 29 Ill. App. 3d 498, 499, 331 N.E.2d 1, 3 (4th Dist. 1975), Illinois Supreme Court Rule 528 provides that bail for certain misdemeanor domestic offenses must be set by a judge. Ill. S. Ct. R. 528.
" (107 Ill.2d R. 552.) The principal purpose of article V is "to provide a comprehensive system to allow bail to be taken, pleas of guilty made and fines received in certain traffic and other minor criminal cases without the presence of a judge." ( People v. Zlatnik (1975), 29 Ill. App.3d 498, 500, 331 N.E.2d 1, 3.) Article V was adopted by the supreme court of this State to ensure judicial efficiency and uniformity as well as "to expedite the handling of traffic cases."
• 2 Defendant also argues that by imposing a $500 fine after a trial and guilty verdict, the court violated his constitutional rights to due process, equal protection, and trial by jury since the effect was to penalize him for exercising his right to plead not guilty and to be tried by a jury. As the court observed in People v. Zlatnik (1975), 29 Ill. App.3d 498, 331 N.E.2d 1, it is the responsibility of the trial judge to fix the amount of a fine following a trial, and the schedule of fines provided by Rule 529 does not impose a limitation upon the court's discretion in such a case. A similar principle applies in cases where the State has agreed upon a sentence in return for the defendant's guilty plea. It is axiomatic that such plea negotiations are merely recommendations to the court, and the imposition of a sentence remains a judicial function.