The phrase "arraignment hearing" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in legal contexts to refer to a court proceeding where a defendant is formally charged and asked to enter a plea.
Example: "The defendant's arraignment hearing is scheduled for next Tuesday at 10 AM."
Alternatives: "initial court appearance" or "plea hearing".
The Houston Rockets star was not present at the arraignment hearing in Orange County Circuit Court.
In the meantime, supporters began worrying after Mitchell failed to appear at an arraignment hearing several hours after his arrest.
Cosby, who is 78, appeared frail as he stepped out of a black Chevrolet SUV outside the Montgomery County district courthouse for his arraignment hearing.
The two men -- Sanjay Kumar, the former chairman and chief executive, and Stephen Richards, the former head of worldwide sales -- entered their pleas during a brief arraignment hearing.
Under House bill 422, law enforcement can temporarily confiscate a gun from a person who has just been arrested for domestic violence, in which case a judge would decide whether to return the gun to the defendant at the next-business-day arraignment hearing.
Spacey, charged with felony indecent assault, doesn't want to go to his arraignment hearing.
Mohammed first showed up for his April arraignment hearing with his long, scraggly beard tinted a rusty red, and it remained dyed the same hue when he returned last week to the courtroom at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba.
Mr Moalin was ordered on Tuesday to be held without bail pending a detention hearing set for Friday while the other two are to face arraignment hearings on Wednesday.
I can no longer accept your statement that you are trying to comply". Judge Cataldo referred to a list produced by the court at 8 a.m. indicating that 120 people had been in police custody for more than 38 hours, and that 440 others had been in jail for a day and a half without having had an arraignment -- the hearing at which charges are brought and bail is set.
Judge Dennis, after hearing oral arguments on the newspapers' motion, postponed Mr. Skakel's arraignment, which had been scheduled for Feb. 8.
As Hugo Basso, an assistant district attorney, read a list of Hailey's injuries at Mr. Gomez's arraignment, gasps could be heard throughout the courtroom.
