Section 16-85-701 - Definition

As used in this code, unless the context otherwise requires, an arraignment is the reading of the indictment to the defendant and the asking of him or her if he or she pleads guilty or not guilty to the indictment.Crim. Code, § 155; C. & M. Dig., § 3050; Pope's Dig., § 3876; A.S.A. 1947, § 43-1201; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 274.