Purpose of Arraignment

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1. Does Rule116 require both the arraignment and plea to be made of record?
2. A complete valid arraignment and personal plea occurred, but the clerk omitted their entry in the record. Does that omi…
3. A properly arraigned accused objects that a prosecution witness was not named in the information, relying solely on Rul…
4. The record shows only that police previously read the accusation to the suspect. The prosecution calls this an open-cou…
5. During plea-taking, a judge announces that the guilty-or-not-guilty answer determines the accused’s position on the cri…
6. Distinguish failure to hold an actual arraignment from failure to record an arraignment that properly occurred.
7. A clerk conducts the prescribed arraignment in open court before the assigned trial court. Counsel objects solely becau…
8. An accused treats arraignment as an agreement that only witnesses named in the information may testify. Explain the sco…