How long is an arraingment (5 minutes?), since all you do is say guilty or not guilty? also if you nolo (mean?

Question

ing don't answer), how long do you wait, it just seems funny i mean really think about it
Defendent how do you plea (the judge)
silence for 1 minute
Someone then coughs (i love when that breaks a silence)
and then the judge waits and finally he submits a nolo plea. This sound really funny, like something that would happen in a comedy, plus if you don't face civil charges as though you would plea guilty then who would ever plea guilty if you could just get that fun silence nolo (no joke intended, even though i still think nolo is kinda funny).
Ok i hope i like these answers. Also please use actual facts not something Mad up (and please NO WIKIPEDIA article, i already looked it up there).
That's all.

Answer 1

Reasonable time maybe just a matter of seconds in actual trial because the court need not wait for a long time. When the accused does not answer, the court rules that that plea is not guilty.

Answer 2

An arraignment can take a while. If you plead not guilty, it is faster. The judge just calls your case, checks that counsel is present, takes your plea, sets bail (which doesn't take long unless there is some complicated or novel argument about what it should be) and then sets the next court date. This can be drawn out if one of the lawyers asks the judge for some help with something the other side is doing, but that's infrequent.

If you plead guilty or nolo, it takes longer (but probably not more than ten minutes, though I've never timed it). The judge reads a very long (and boring) admonition about the rights you are giving up, making sure that you understand them all and that you give up each right individually.

If you simply don't answer, this could extend the hearing. If you took more than ten seconds or so, the judge would probably ask you if you need more time in which case he/she would probably suggest a plea of not guilty which can be changes at any time. If you still did not respond, the judge would ask your lawyer if you can hear or understand English. If your lawyer has a decent reputation with the court, he/she will just say that you do, and the nolo plea will be entered. If your lawyer's rep is bad, then the judge might need some further proof that you can hear and understand English (but this would be rare) in which case the arraignment might be continued.

Answer 3

NOLO CONTENDEREA-------MEANS YOU SUBMIT BUT DO NOT ADMIT GUILT......IT PUTS YOU IN A NEUTRAL POSITION....RATHER THAN GUILTY OR INNOCENT.......IT'S ALMOST LIKE BEING REMOTE FROM THE CHARGE.....HARDER TO PROSECUTE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS..................