The phrase "arraignment before" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in a legal context to refer to the formal reading of charges in the presence of a judge.
Example: "The defendant's arraignment before the judge is scheduled for next week."
Alternatives: "hearing before" or "appearance before".
Mr. Khan faces an arraignment before a military commission next week.
They are scheduled for arraignment before West London Youth Court on Wednesday morning.
The authorities set Jan . 9 2004, for an arraignment before a judge in Santa Barbara Superior Court.
A reference in John 18 20 22 to an officer who struck Jesus at his arraignment before Annas is sometimes cited as the basis for the legend.
They pleaded not guilty on their arraignment before Judge Anthony J. Travia and were held in bail ranging between $75,000 and $100,000.
He pleaded not guilty yester day at his arraignment before State Supreme Court Justice John M. Murtagh and was re leased in his own custody.
All pleaded not guilty at arraignments before Judge Michael R. Ambrecht of State Supreme Court in Manhattan.
Craig, who worked in the Clinton administration and served as President Barack Obama's first White House counsel, appeared at an arraignment hearing before U.S. Magistrate Deborah A. Robinson of Washington.
After their arraignment today before Judge Paul T. Murphy of New Jersey Superior Court in Somerville, they were held briefly in the Somerset County Jail and released on $5,000 cash bond each.
Mr. McPherson's court-appointed lawyer, John Schwartz, entered a not-guilty plea for him during an arraignment yesterday before Judge G. Thomas Bowen of Superior Court.
Today, however, five prisoners, four white and one Hispanic, appeared at the arraignment here before Judge John M. Galasso on second-degree assault charges.
