Sentences with phrase «also at the arraignment»

Not exact matches

Since trials also cost the state money, most judges will offer a lighter sentence in exchange for a guilty plea at the arraignment.

Depending on the jurisdiction, arraignment may also be the proceeding at which the court determines whether to set bail for the defendant or release the defendant on his or her own recognizance) when perhaps the word «arrangements» was intended.

Also, really absurdly nitpicky note: under the «Don't include irrelevant info» paragraph it looks like the «arraignments» was written (def: A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted by law.

Aside from the trying to fight off aggressive parents for that last pack of college - ruled notebooks at the store, there are also arraignments to work out between you and your child's other parent.