Principle

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Arraignment — Satisfaction of Court — Presumption Where Plea Taken

Area of law
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

The maxim omnia praesumuntur rite et solemniter esse acta (all things are presumed to have been done rightly and solemnly) applies to the taking of a plea. The trial judge's decision to proceed with the plea raises a presumption that the charge was properly read…

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