arraignment question

can a person be arraigned TWICE for the same charges?

[idknow]

Originally Posted by kgod999

can a person be arraigned TWICE for the same charges?

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that could be a serious problem; at least more than a typo.

What happened to the orignal outcome of the first arraignment?

or the paper work of the first time?

ask to see the paperwork of the first hearing.

your anointed rother idknow
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all i know is, i asked for more time in a case and they arraigned me again.

[weishaupt1776]

Did they amend the complaint?

[idknow]

Originally Posted by kgod999

all i know is, i asked for more time in a case and they arraigned me again.

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i dunno, it smells like a `bait and switch'

compare the paper work especially carefully.

they are trying to feel me out in a traffic case. now, i read some stuff that says double jeopardy attaches when the first juror is sworn in against you. im gonna try and find a common law remedy with this situation because i feel ive been put in double jeopardy already under common law.

[Shoonra]

A repeated arraignment might occur if the original arraignment was somehow defective or incomplete. It occasionally happens when the indictment is taken back and revised by the grand jury. But -- make sure that the previous arraignment is being REPLACED and that this new one is not a separate and additional prosecution.

The courts have determined that jeopardy attaches at different moments, depending on the situation. I would not rely on a single rule of thumb for that. Entire trials have been tossed out on the grounds that something was going on that was so defective that there never really was jeopardy (e.g., a judge or juror was bribed by the defense, or the proceedings were so hopelessly defective that the conviction would have been instantly thrown out on appeal, etc.).