During the arraignment, which was conducted under high security, Judge Burns asked Ms. Clarke whether she had any concerns about her client's ability to understand the case against him.
quickly appointed an acting managing director on Sunday to replace Mr. Strauss-Kahn, who spent hours in a Manhattan holding cell awaiting arraignment, which was postponed until Monday after additional evidence was sought including DNA samples from his fingernails and skin.
Here I am president of the nation, I was voted in by the whole nation, why should I then accept an arraignment, which is by a few people?
Outside the courthouse after the hearing, Mr. Fishbein said Mr. Hernandez would enter a plea of not guilty at his arraignment, which is scheduled for Dec. 12 in State Supreme Court in Manhattan.
Judge Tandra Dawson of Family Court ordered that the boys, one of whom had scratches on his face, remain in the custody of the city's Department of Juvenile Justice until their arraignment, which is scheduled for Thursday.
Mr. Davis, of Baltimore, Mr. Harn, of Newark, Del., and Mr. DaSilva, of New York, all 29, were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, although Mr. Comey indicated that charges might be added before their arraignment, which is scheduled for Dec. 11.
He said that the courts had added several sessions just to manage the influx of arraignments, which are defendants' initial appearances before a judge after being arrested, and that many judges were working until 8 p.m.
During his arraignment on Tuesday, which was originally postponed last month due to his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the rapper, whose real name is Jonathan Drayton Jr., reportedly pled not guilty to charges accusing him of chasing and threatening his longtime girlfriend's 17-year-old son with a butcher knife during an argument last October.
His arraignment on rape charges, which was expected to occur on Sunday afternoon, was delayed after he was taken to Bellevue Hospital Center, for reasons that were not disclosed.
On April 8, she drove to Abilene to attend Gream's arraignment at the federal courthouse, which was scheduled for the next day.
He later posted bail, which was set at $100,000, and has a Superior Court arraignment set for Monday, a district attorney's office spokeswoman said.
