TITLE 19

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 15

ARRAIGNMENT

19-1514.  Arraignment, how made. The arraignment must be made by the court, or by the clerk or prosecuting attorney, under its direction, and consists in reading the indictment to the defendant and delivering to him a copy thereof and of the endorsements thereon, including the list of witnesses, and asking him whether he pleads guilty or not guilty to the indictment.

History:

[(19-1514) Cr. Prac. 1864, sec. 268, p. 246; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 7722; C.S., sec. 8860; I.C.A., sec. 19-1414.]