This is the hearing designed to inform defendants of the formal charges against them and allow them to enter their first plea.

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The arraignment is the hearing where the formal charges against the defendant are read, and they enter their first plea (usually guilty or not guilty). Depositions are pre-trial sworn statements, a grand jury is a panel that decides whether to bring charges against a defendant, and a bench trial is a trial without a jury where the judge makes the decision. None of these options involve the defendant entering their first plea.

This Is the Hearing Designed to Inform Defendants of the Formal