Purpose of Arraignment

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1. What constitutional right is directly implemented by arraignment?
2. Under Rule 116, what must be furnished to the accused during arraignment?
3. Who must personally enter the plea at arraignment?
4. An accused understands Cebuano but not the language used to read the information. The clerk reads it without translatio…
5. At arraignment, the accused refuses to enter any plea after the charge is properly explained. What plea must be entered…
6. The accused is absent from arraignment. His lawyer announces a not-guilty plea for him and argues that counsel's famili…
7. After the charge is read, the accused says, 'I plead guilty only if the court guarantees probation, and otherwise I den…
8. Explain the purpose of arraignment and the principal steps under Rule 116, Section 1(a).
9. Why are the accused's personal presence and an understandable reading of the charge material to arraignment?
10. Distinguish the court's response when the accused refuses to plead from its response when the accused offers a conditio…
11. May the clerk perform the Rule116 reading and plea-taking steps in open court, rather than requiring the judge personal…
12. Where does Rule116 require arraignment to take place?