Principle

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Arraignment — Recording of Plea — Failure to Record That Charge Was Explained to Satisfaction of Court Not Fatal

Area of law
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

Absence of express words "to the satisfaction of the court" does not invalidate a proper arraignment. Recording that the charge was read and explained in a language understood is sufficient. The principle applies to criminal procedure. The rule avoids technical nullification for omission of non-statutory…

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