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What is arraignment?

April 26, 2017Arraignment

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What is arraignment?

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Arraignment is set at 8:30 Thursday morning, the third Thursday after your Taylor County arrest. If you were arrested outside of Taylor County, you receive a letter from the Court Administrator setting you case for a particular Thursday. If before arraignment you have hired an attorney and that attorney has notified the court for you, you are excused from attending arraignment. If you do not have a lawyer, you must attend. At arraignment, the judge will probably ask if you have a lawyer and if not whether you intend to hire one. You may ask for more time to do that or ask about the procedure for a court-appointed attorney if you are indigent and unable to afford one.