The ?arraignment? process involves: Being brought before a
The ?arraignment? process involves:
Being brought before a Judge in the courtroom
Receiving the ? criminal complaint? with the crimes charged and the factual basis to each charge
The District Attorney requesting bail or releasing you on your own recognizance (called “ROR”)
Pleading guilty or not guilty
The process starts when the court officer brings you from the cell in the back of the courtroom and into the courtroom before the Judge.
If you were unable to contact your family, friends or an attorney when you were arrested then most likely the court will have a Legal Aid attorney appear for you. Legal Aid attorneys are in the courtroom at all times to defend the poor, and most times to appear for the unrepresented.
Usually there will be about three attorneys from the District Attorney?s office in the courtroom. One of them will read the charges against you and request the court to impose bail at a certain amount or no bail. If no bail is demanded by the District Attorney then you will hear the word “ROR”, which means “return on your own recognizance”.
Bail is determined according to the crime and your personal information.
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