Opinion ID: 2417534
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Rearraignment

Text: Appellant next argues that the trial court erred in failing to arraign him and take his plea on the amended informations, in violation of Ark.Code Ann. §§ 16-85-701 and -702 (1987). Arraignment is defined as the reading of the indictment by the clerk to the defendant and asking him if he pleads guilty or not guilty to the charge. Section 16-85-701. Appellant does not contend that he would have changed his not-guilty plea had he been rearraigned on each amended information, nor does the record demonstrate that he was unaware of the nature and degree of the charge brought against him by the information, as amended. Therefore, we do not address this argument on appeal because the record fails to show that appellant raised it before the trial court or that prejudice is conclusively shown. Oliver v. State, 322 Ark. 8, 907 S.W.2d 706 (1995).