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Arraignment's role in criminal cases |
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Arraignment has significance in that your right to request discovery from the Commonwealth starts with arraignment. You may also request a Bill of Particulars (a more detailed explanation of the charges against you) following arraignment. You also have thirty days to file an Omnibus Pretrial Motion, which allows you to ask for suppression of evidence, among other things. Deadlines created by the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure begin to run with the arraignment date, whether you attend or whether you waive.
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