What exactly happens at an arraignment?
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No - this is where he goes into open court, and is formally told what he is being charged with.\nThey will ask him if he understands the charges, and if he has a lawyer. If he doesn't have a lawyer, they will appoint a public defender, and give him an appointment with that public defender.\nIf he gets an appointment with a public defender and doesn't keep  it, he will be found in contempt of court.
146927
what has to happen is that for some reason your trial is postphoned for different reasons that have nothing to do with you or your lawyer,for example, sickness,gathering evidence or witnesses, lack of a courtroom,or judge ,this is what your lawyer must file and it usually gets filed after the third postphonement that you are ready for trial.also it has to due with due process meaning that from the time you were offically charged with a crime the state has 180 days/6months to bring you to trial for your crime
208104
Even though a great deal of time has transpired since the original charge, there is a great probability that a warrant has been issued for failing to appear on the original charge. A person charged with a crime has an obligation to appear before a judge to have the matter resolved. A warrant can be issued at any tiume during that process if a person does not show up to court, even if they have shown up already. I would suggest that you contact the court of origin for your friend and see if there is a warrant. If there isn't one, then he/she is home free.
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your only real right is to remain silent........\n\n==========================================\n\nThe purpose of the arraignment setting is to determine the defendantís plea to the offense charged. At the arraignment, the defendant may enter a plea of guilty, not guilty or nolo contendere (no contest). If the plea is guilty or nolo contendere, the defendant may give an explanation in mitigation of any fine to be assessed prior to the judge assessing a fine. If a not guilty plea is entered, the case will be set for a trial at a later date. If the defendant wishes to have a trial by jury, a jury request may be made at the arraignment.\n\nPLEAS\n\nUnder our American system of justice, all persons are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty. On a plea of not guilty, a formal trial is held. As in all criminal trials, the State is required to prove the guilt of the defendant "beyond a reasonable doubt" of the offense charged in the complaint before a defendant can be found guilty by a judge or jury.\n\nYour decision concerning which plea to enter is very important. If you plead guilty or nolo contendere in open court, you should be prepared to pay the fine and court costs.\n\nPlea of Guilty- By a plea of guilty, you admit that the act is prohibited by law, that you committed the act charged, and that you have no defense or excuse for your act. Before entering your plea of guilty, however, you should understand the following:\n\nThe State has the burden of proving that you violated the law.\n\n \n\nTRIALS\n\nYou have the right to hear the State's evidence and to require the State to prove that you violated the law; and\n\nA plea of guilty may be used against you later in a civil suit if there was a traffic accident.\n\nPlea of Nolo contendere (No Contest)- A plea of nolo contendere means that you do not contest the State's charge against you. You will almost certainly be found guilty, unless you are eligible and successfully complete a driving safety course and/or court ordered probation. Also, a plea of nolo contendere cannot be used against you in a subsequent civil suit for damages.\n\nPlea of Not Guilty - A plea of not guilty means that you are informing the Court that you deny guilt or that you have a defense in your case, and that the State must prove what it has charged against you. If you plead not guilty, you will need to decide whether to hire an attorney to represent you.\n\nA request for a trial may in person at the scheduled arraignment, by written correspondence, or by defendant's attorney. A request for trial shall indicate a plea of "Not Guilty" and specify either a jury or a non-jury (bench) trial.\n\nBench trials (trials before the judge) and jury trials are held on Wednesdays as required. The specific date for a trial will be set at the time a plea of not guilty is entered. On the day of trials, trials will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will continue until the docket is completed.\n\nFailure of the defendant to appear at the time his/her case is called may result in a charge of "Failure to Appear" being filed and warrants being issued for his/her arrest. If the trial is a jury trial, the defendant may also be required to pay the costs of impaneling the jury.
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Let's review a bit here, since you gave lots of information, most of it without a lot of value.\n\nYou didn't specify what state that you are in, so no one on this site can tell you what the sentence might be IF he is convicted of the offense.  From your statements, I also can't tell enough to know what really went on.\n\nAfter a person is arrested, generally they must be brought before a judge within a certain period of time.  That period of time is set by statute, and varies from state to state.  At that time, the judge will make sure your brother understands the charges against him, and ask him if he can afford an attorney.  If he can, then they will set bail but generally set it high... the attorney can always do a bond review motion.  If he cannot, there are generally public defenders available to be assigned there in the courtroom.\n\nThe next stage, depending on your state, will either be the submission of the case to a grand jury, (who will decide what to charge him with and if there is sufficient evidence to charge him) or a preliminary hearing.  The preliminary hearing is a hearing to determine if there is sufficient evidence to bind the defendant over for trial on the charge.  IT IS NOT A TRIAL.\n\nIF he is bound over for trial, then he will face trial.  It doesn't seem to me, from the sketchy information you gave, that a case of grand theft will lie.  However, a case of conspiracy might, and there may be other charges that will come out of this.\n\nThe important thing is that your brother needs the advice of an attorney, immediately.  Contact a criminal defense attorney who is licensed and experienced in your state and he/she can evaluate the situation, after having heard the entire story and reviewing all the facts.\n\nA retainer of $5,000 to $7,500 would not be unreasonable in my area of the country.\n\nFor a referral to an attorney, contact your local or state bar association.
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It's called Failure to Appear and the result is quite simply that a bench warrant is issued for you.  If it's a big city, chances are they won't come looking for you at your house, but if you get pulled over for any reason and they run your license, you'll be arrested on the spot and then things get much worse.  I missed my court date for littering in college (just forgot all about it) and they came to my dorm and arrested me.  They let me go once we got the jail and it was a smaller city, but they did come to me, so it's really hard to say.\n\nIf you missed your date, call them - get it taken care of.
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There is ordinarily a pre-sentence investigation with questions.  The court orders this to give the judge background information before he sentences.  Most every state requires payment during the time of incarceration if the convict has the resources.  So how property is titled becomes important.  If the convict is single and owns a house, the state can actually sell the house, take all the money and hold it.  When the person serves their sentence, then he or she has to go to court to get back the difference.
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oxy is right. That is also why they have an arraignment where you plead guilty or not guilty and then they set bail and what not to let you out. The reason for a bail is to pay for the cost of your upkeep but will also prevent heinous crime offenders from getting out by raising that amount by an ungodly multiple.
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Usually a "failure to appear" warrant will not result in jail time unless you have many prior failure to appears and they can show a pattern or if the failure to appear is on a serious felony crime or a crime in witch you are out on bail. Now either way it will be better for you to turn yourself in. However do not turn yourself in on a friday as this may result in sitting in jail until monday. Also I would call the court clerk and try to reschedule an appearance before I turned my self in to show that you did make an effort. Oh yea it is also bad if the appearance is for sentencing. They really frown on ditching accountability. In addition by turning yourself in you avoid all the hassle of having your car towed away and impounded if you are pulled over while drving. Don't panic! Especially if this is a minor offense. The courts and jails are so jammed up with truly bad people they have no time or room to lock people up for minor offenses. Even if it seems really bad to you. I assume that it is minor because you don't seem to have much experience dealing with the law. I personally have been pulled over with a valid warrant and the officer just cited and released me. However I have also seen people get hauled in friday night and have to wait til the offices open up Monday morning to be released with nothing more than a new court date. Anyways good luck and stay low until Monday.
890413
it all depends on the crime really and the institution were a person is being held
801468
Seriously.  None.  In the end he will be told to give you one half of what ever he got.  I have seen this happen many times.  I work for an attorney.  If your not close to trial then not much is going to happen.  Even then you will just have to get compensated.
98451
The actual punishment for the outstanding warrant is arrest and arraignment. The Burglary offense is outlined as a two to seven year sentenceable offence.
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Bail amounts are predetermined.  The booking officer looks refers to a chart that lists crime categories and corresponding bail amounts.  Bail can be reduced at your arraignment which you are entitled to within 72 hours of your arrest.  Your attorney can request you bail amount be reduced or you be released on your own recognize (O.R.)Some charges are no bail and others are a cite and release.  Usually you pay the bail bondsman 10% and may have to prove additional collateral.  The police can request a Judge increase you bail amount or issue a no bail at the time of your booking if they want to prevent you from being released.  California
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You need to call the jail for that information.  In some cases you have to make an appointment.  Each county or state has different rules.
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It is handled - county by county. File in the county you do business in.  Also as for an arrest and a repayment plan for the offender.\n\nTexas also has jail time for this offense if over a certain amount and if the offender does it often.\n\nCall your county attorney and ask for the hot check division
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I'm not an attorney but, I'm qualified to answer this question as an ex-con, who has spent time behind the walls, and then survived three revocation hearings on a suspended sentence I recieced after being in prison. \n\nSo let me tell you what has happened to get you to this point and I've never met you. You have most likely failed a U.A., failed to appear as directed, haven't paid fees, court cost or resition, caught a new charge or failed to go to couseling, A.A. or do community service. Something along those lines. \n\nWhen that happened you P.O. send a affidavit ( a sworn statement) to the D.A.'s office. They have filed what is called an "application to accerate" and are asking for a hearing (called a revocation hearing) to take away your probation status. \n\nHere is what is going to happen. Nothing for a while, the process sometimes moves slowly, meaning it may take the D.A's office a few weeks to get the paperwork filed but, I assure you they have'nt forgotten about it. \n\nAn amended affidavit, is an affidavit that has been modified since the original was taken. The D.A. has found something "materially wrong" with your P.O.'s affidavit OR\nthey have amended the original affidavit to "include some other infraction" they aledge you have done. \n\nOnce the application to accerate is filed the judge will issue a arrest warrent and you will have to post bond again to bond you over, as a means of guarenteing you will appear for the revocation hearing.\n\nHere is how you stay out of jail 1) don't catch a new case 2) call a bonds man, once or twice a week and have him check to see if a warrent has been issued. 3) when it is issued, you go to the courthouse with the bonds men and surrender yourself as he post bond. They make take you in custady for a short while, in order to go through the booking process. \n\nIf you don't get booked in when he post bond, then they will do it when you make your inital appearace at the arrangment hearing. Either way, you should be home for dinner that night and you can plan your schedual to be taken in to custady for a few hours, rather than being picked up without a minuted notice. \n\nUntil, the warrent is issued here is what you do. Keep reporting in to you P.O. and following the other terms of your probation. BUT BEFORE YOU GO TO YOUR PROBATION OFFICE ALWAYS, FIRST CALL THE BONDSMAN AND MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE WARRENT. Your P.O. will have you picked up in his office, if you show up there, with a current warrent out for your arrest. If he tells you otherwise, don't believe him. It is a trap.\n\nBut, you can't quit checking in, just because you know one day this hearing is going down. However, if you have an appointment with him and find out you have a warrent don;t go. Call enstead and tell him that you can't make your appointment, because you have a warrent out. But you want him know what is going on. And you are working with a bondsman and will see him next week, once you are bound over.\n\nThe way you beat the case is to correct, whatever it is they aledge you have done or not done. If you haven't been paying fees, start paying fees. If you haven't been reporting, start reporting. If you have a hot U.A. start going to A.A. and get someone to sign your paper that you attended or better yet go to treatment. If you have any new charges and don't have a substance abuse problem, I don't know what you do. But if you have a new charge, a DUI, Public Drunk or possession charge you have to take drastic measures and go to 30 day primary inpaient treatment. \n\nYou can't wait until later and try to bargain with it. Judges don't bargain. You have to show your willingness up front, with no gurantees of lenancy. That is just the way it works. But, it works.\n\nYou want as many continuances that your attorney can get the Judge to agree to. Time is on your side in this situation. You want to put
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so i take it u were arrested for this?  okay, a $10 item is like theft in the 3rd degree.  it's like petty theft.  nothing warranting a big to do.  if the store is pressing charges, then yeah, u will have to do the whole court thing.  get a lawyer IMMEDIATELY.  Request a court appointed one if u can't afford it.  Plead NOT GUILTY during ur first court appearance (arraignment).  The burden is on the state to prove its case.  Don't hand it over on a silver platter.  Things can happen by the time u r  scheduled to go to trial.  Charges could be dismissed due to lack of evidence, etc.  Ok, if things don't go ur way, and u eventually agree to a plea deal, u will NOT get jail time for a $10 theft.  the justice dept has much bigger fish to fry (like rapists, child molesters, etc.) than to imprison u for your petty theft.  U will just have to pay restitution (in other words, pay the store $10 for its loss) and court fees.  U will be put on probation and likely have to do a few community service hours.  If u r lucky, u will be able to swing a "deferred sentence" whereby u will NOT have this on your record if u "keep your nose clean" from problems for a designated amt of time.