Cal. Rules of Court, rule 4.100 · Chapter 1. Pretrial Proceedings
Arraignments
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
At the arraignment on the information or indictment, unless otherwise ordered for good cause, and on a plea of not guilty, including a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity;
(1) The court must set dates for:
(A) Trial, giving priority to a case entitled to it under law; and
(B) Filing and service of motions and responses and hearing thereon;
(2) A plea of not guilty must be entered if a defendant represented by counsel fails to plead or demur; and
(3) An attorney may not appear specially.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 4.100 amended effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 227.4 effective January 1, 1985; previously amended effective June 6, 1990; previously renumbered and amended effective January 1, 2001.
Advisory Committee Comment
Cross reference: Penal Code section 987.1.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/four/rule4_100
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- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
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