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Court Arraignment and Trial Script

The document outlines a proposed script for a criminal case proceeding involving an arraignment, pre-trial, and trial proper. It identifies the roles of the judge, clerk, prosecutor, public attorney's office lawyer, witness, and accused. It provides an overview of the process for each part of the proceeding, including appearances of both sides, reading of facts and charges, entering of pleas, presentation of evidence and witnesses, and setting future dates. The overall script aims to simulate a criminal case from arraignment through trial.

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Court Arraignment and Trial Script

The document outlines a proposed script for a criminal case proceeding involving an arraignment, pre-trial, and trial proper. It identifies the roles of the judge, clerk, prosecutor, public attorney's office lawyer, witness, and accused. It provides an overview of the process for each part of the proceeding, including appearances of both sides, reading of facts and charges, entering of pleas, presentation of evidence and witnesses, and setting future dates. The overall script aims to simulate a criminal case from arraignment through trial.

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Here’s my proposed script

Roles

Ronald - Judge
Rey – Police witness
Joey – Clerk of Court
Sara – Prosecutor
Aya – PAO
Accused - ????
Private Complainant ????

Part I - Arraignment

Judge enters the chamber

Clerk of Court - All Rise

Prayer

Judge - Call the first case

Clerk of Court - People of the Philippines vs _________________

Judge - Appearances

Prosecutor - Atty. Sara Bagis for the State

PAO - Atty. Aya for Public Defender

Judge - Ready for Arraignment

PAO - Your honor, may I have 2 minutes to confer with my client first before

he enters her plea. For the record your honor, this is the first time that I
am meeting my client

Judge - Granted

After 5 minutes

PAO - We are ready for arraignment

Prosecutor - Ready for arraignment

Judge - Arraign the accused

Clerk of Court - Will the accused please stand up

How would you like me to read the information, English or Filipino

Accused - English
Clerk of Court - Read the information

How to do plead

Accused - Not Guilty

Judge - After having been read of the information in Filipino, a language known
to the accused, assisted by her counsel, Atty Aya, the accused has pleaded Not Guity to the charges
against her. Let the plea of not guity be entered into record. The accused is ordered to sign the
certificate of arraignment. We will now calendar the date of Pre-Trial.

Clerk of Court - Pre-trial date is on July 30, 2019 at 10:00 am

Judge - Court is adjourned

Part II - Pre-Trial

Clerk of Court - All Rise

Prayer

Judge - Call the first case

Clerk of Court - People of the Philippines vs _________________

Judge - Appearances

Prosecutor - Atty. Sara Bagis for the State

PAO - Atty. Aya for Public Defender

Judge - Ready for Pre-Trial

Prosecutor/PAO - Ready your honor

Prosecutor -

Stipulation of Facts

a. Stipulation of Jurisdiction of this court over the subject matter


b. Stipulation of Jurisdiction of this court over the person
c. Stipulation of the accused as the same person identified in the information

PAO - Admitted your honor

Markings

Witnesses
Judge - The stipulation of facts, marking of evidence and enumeration of witnesses is
entered into record. The Clerk of Court is ordered to set the date for the Trial Proper

Clerk of Court - The Trial is set on August 15, 30 and September 15

Judge - Court is adjourned

Part 3 – Trial Proper

1. Calling of case – Judge


2. Reading of the case – Clerk of Court
3. Appearances – Prosecutor, Public defender
4. Presentation of Witness
Prosecution
a. Prosecution to present the Arresting Officer to prove the conduct of the warrantless
arrest and to identify the affidavit of warrant of arrest
b. Defense to cross examine
c. Prosecution to present the victim to prove the circumstances surrounding human
trafficking.
d. Defense to cross examine

Public Defender
e. PAO to present the accused who will make an alibi that all the documents have been
properly processed by the accredited agency and that she was herself misled as to the
fake documents
f. Prosecutor to cross examine
2. Formal offer of evidence
a. Prosecution
b. Public Defender

Judge to rule on the formal offer of evidence

Judge to calendar the promulgation of decision / Clerk of Court

End

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