"arraignment to" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used in legal contexts to refer to the formal presentation of charges against a defendant in a court of law. This typically occurs after the defendant has been arrested and is brought before a judge to hear the charges against them. Example: The defendant's arraignment to the charges of murder was scheduled for next week.
The Times reported on Wednesday that he waived his right to a speedy arraignment — to go on talking.
Such a backlog leads to significant delays: Last year, the average case in criminal court took 316 days to go from arraignment to completion, he said.
The Manhattan district attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, has 120 days from the arraignment to decide whether to pursue the death penalty, a spokeswoman for his office said.
Under Vermont bail laws, judges have the power, at the time of arraignment, to require defendants to participate in treatment programs if it's necessary to protect the public or ensure that defendants appear at future court proceedings.
Mr. Marino used Thursday's arraignment to lambaste the Manhattan district attorney's office for charging Mr. Aleynikov after his federal conviction had been overturned and he had already served a year in prison.
And yesterday, Mr. Kozlowski sat quietly beside Mr. Kaufman in the Manhattan court among people accused of being small-time thieves and probation violators as he waited for his arraignment to begin.
A citywide antidrug crackdown that was spurred by higher crime figures has swamped the court system over the last two weekends, bringing a record number of arraignments to Manhattan courts one night and leading to complaints that hundreds of suspects were detained illegally for more than 24 hours.
On South Padre Island, a popular vacation spot near Brownsville less than an hour's drive from the Mexican border, fishing dominates the talk and the tone of the town, and nearly everyone, from the justice of the peace who presided over the Nice Tails arraignments to the two sisters who co-own BadaBing Bagels on Padre Boulevard, knows how to handle a rod and reel.
Gone are the days when out-of-control crime made it necessary to staff a 24-hour arraignment court to avoid a backlog of cases choking the system during the daylight hours.
Mr. Milosevic, who was brought to the tribunal building shortly after 7 a.m., three hours before the arraignment began, to avoid his being seen by the press, returned later to the Scheveningen detention center, where he is being held in solitary confinement behind high red-brick walls.
Prosecutors charged him with one count of murder and he was scheduled to appear Tuesday afternoon in court for his arraignment, according to jail records.
