What is an "Arraignment?"
Florida criminal law requires that all people charged with a crime have an arraignment. An arraignment is a type of court hearing that happens early on in a criminal case. At the arraignment the judge will tell the person accused of a crime with the potential punishments. The arraignment is NOT the time to try and explain your situation to the judge or offer your defense. Many times a person feels like if they could only explain things to the judge then maybe it would all go