{"id":207,"date":"2013-09-04T07:32:54","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T07:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/2013\/09\/aaron-hernandez-scheduled-for.html"},"modified":"2013-09-04T07:32:54","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T07:32:54","slug":"aaron-hernandez-scheduled-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/aaron-hernandez-scheduled-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the Court Procedure in Massachusetts Superior and District Court in the Aaron Hernandez Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

The case of Aaron Hernandez reveals some interesting aspects of Massachusetts’s court procedures. For example, many people wonder why Hernandez is being arraigned again in superior court. The reason lies in the fact that there are typically two arraignments in any superior court charge. Hernandez was initially arraigned in the Attleboro district court, as all cases most cases start in district court. As an Attleboro criminal defense lawyer<\/a>, Hernandez’s case proceed through the district court in the normal fashion, with typically one or more continuance of the probable cause hearing which occurred in this case. On September 6th, Hernandez will be arraigned in the Fall River Superior Court <\/a>where the case will remain until a verdict or plea on the charges or on amended charges. <\/p>\n

As there was enough probable cause to issue a criminal complaint against him and the charges consisted of allegations that could not remain in district court, an arraignment in superior court is the next step. This is because the district court simply has no final jurisdiction over a charge of first degree murder.<\/p>\n