They said the arraignment date has "no impact" on the need for timely responses to their motions.
When Rafa al-Dulaimi saw Mr. Hussein's face on television, he quickly switched off the set, not because he found Mr. Hussein's arraignment objectionable, he said, but because he felt like the past needed to be forgotten.
Orange County has begun video arraignments broadcast from jail studios, eliminating the costly and time-consuming need to transport inmates for what is usually a routine proceeding.
Mr. Mikhaylich's arraignment in Federal District Court in Brooklyn was postponed on Tuesday because he needed medical attention, a law enforcement official said.
During the arraignment, which lasted less than five minutes, the judge, Elyse Lazansky, said there was no need for bail, citing Ms. Kennedy's absence of a criminal record.
On Monday, Voskanian appeared in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Glendale for an arraignment hearing, but it was postponed for two weeks because her attorney, Donald Levinson, said he needed more time to review the case.
A juvenile court judge has postponed the arraignment of Michael Skakel on charges that he murdered Martha Moxley in Greenwich 25 years ago, saying she needed time to rule on a request to open the proceedings to the press.
John Wesley Hall President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 10, 2008 To the Editor: I just got back from working an arraignment shift, and decided to check my e-mail before I left for the Elmhurst Hospital prison psychiatric ward, where I need to interview a client who has been waiting for an arraignment since last Sunday (first arrest, minor charges).
The arraignment comes next.
