Sentences with phrase «defendants at arraignment»

Among the highlights was the passage of an amended resolution that would continue the Chautauqua County Pilot Program within Jamestown City Court to assist indigent defendants at arraignment.

Not exact matches

«Expanding off - hours arraignments will help to protect the Constitutional rights of defendants, both by minimizing delays in the arraignment process, and ensuring that defendants can be represented by counsel at arraignment,» Attorney General Schneiderman said.

Taggard was arraigned in front of Village of Saugerties Justice Robert Rightmyer, who set bail at $ 1,000.00 and, as a condition of his release, the defendant is obligated to surrender all firearms he has in his posession, within two hours of arraignment.

His priorities include implementing procedures to deal with new requirements to provide counsel to all defendants at the initial arraignment; taking advantage of modern information technology in the court to process its caseload and exchange information with other parts of the state court system; and to improve the court's ability to address the problems of domestic violence and substance abuse.

The initial resolution called for extending the program for another year at a local cost of $ 21,000 to be given to the District Attorney's office so a representative could appear during a defendant's arraignment proceeding.

The four Dewey defendants arrive in handcuffs for their arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court in March 2014.

At an arraignment, the judge will inform the defendant of the formal charges against him or her and the possible penalties if convicted.

A defendant may retain a juvenile lawyer at any stage of his or her case, whether it is during the investigation or the day before arraignment.

A defendant learns first learns of the charges being brought against him at an arraignment before a district court judge or magistrate.

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.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Somerville District Court, City • MA 2001 — Present Probation Officer Perform defendant interviews daily at arraignment and determine indigent status.