Sentences with phrase «hours arraignments»

Other laws are designed to affect those who interpret them, such as the provision that takes effect Feb. 26 that creates a rotating schedule of courts to hold off - hours arraignments in counties outside of New York City to ensure that stakeholders — including judges, prosecutors and public defenders — are not strained by nighttime arrests and the poor, particularly in sparsely populated counties, have access to adequate representation.

«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.

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)- The New York Attorney General's Office is urging Governor Andrew Cuomo to sign legislation authorizing off - hour arraignments.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman wrote a letter to the governor asking to expand the availability of off - hours arraignment proceedings.

AG Eric Schneiderman wants the governor to sign legislation authorizing off - hour arraignments.

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CALIFORNIA Singer charged with felonies Chris Brown's arraignment is postponed as details of incident with Rihanna are released LOS ANGELES — Chris Brown briefly appeared in court Thursday, hours after he was charged with two felonies stemming from what a police detective describes as a brutal argument between the singer and his girlfriend, Rihanna, a pop singer.

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.

------------------------------------ Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced the arrest and arraignment of 4 former employees of Focus Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Cooperstown, who are accused of leaving a 94 - year - old patient left in a recliner with substandard care for 41 hours over the Memorial Day weekend in May.

After waiting for about one and a half hours in the courtroom, one of the court clerks revealed that the magistrate declined the arraignment but the clerk did not give the reason for the magistrate's action.

Amosu's continued stay with the body, it was gathered followed the Commission obtaining holding charges from the Courts in order to keep him beyond the stipulated 48 hours before arraignment.