{"id":6357,"date":"2017-11-03T03:39:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T03:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=6357"},"modified":"2018-02-16T00:12:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T00:12:26","slug":"motion-in-arrest-of-judgment-a-defendants-postjudgment-motion-in-a-criminal-case-claiming-that-a-substantial-error-appearing-on-the-face-of-the-record-invalidates-the-whole-proceeding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=6357","title":{"rendered":"Motion in Arrest of Judgment – a defendant\u2019s postjudgment motion in a criminal case claiming that a\u00a0substantial error appearing on the face of the record invalidates the whole proceeding &\u00a0the judgment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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motion in arrest of judgment<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\n(17c.)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A defendant\u2019s motion claiming that a\u00a0<\/strong>substantial error appearing on the face of the record vitiates the whole proceeding and\u00a0<\/strong>the judgment. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2. A postjudgment motion in a criminal case claiming that the indictment\u00a0<\/strong>is insufficient to sustain a judgment or that the verdict is somehow insufficient.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

arrest of judgment<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n(17c).<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The staying of a judgment after its entry; especially, a court’s refusal to tender or enforce a judgment because of a defect apparent from the record.\u00a0 *\u00a0 At common law, courts have the power to arrest judgment for intrinsic causes appearing on the record, as when the verdict differs materially from the pleadings on when the case alleged int he pleadings is legally insufficient.\u00a0 Today, the type of defect must typically be objected to before trial or before judgment is entered, so that the motion in arrest of judgment has been largely superseded<\/strong>. \u2014 aka allocutus<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A remedy by motion for a party against whom a verdict has been rendered.\u00a0 A remedy solely for the defendant under the earlier practice where a judgment non obstante veredicto<\/em> was available only for a plaintiff. 30A Am J Rev ed Judgm \u00a7 292<\/span>. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Preventing entry of judgment upon the verdict in a criminal case. 21 Am J 2d Crim L \u00a7 520<\/span>. <\/strong>[2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A judge’s order suspending or setting aside a judgment when a defect in the proceedings renders the judgment unenforceable.\u00a0 A motion in arrest of judgment is a motion that asks the court to set aside a judgment.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excerpt from U.S. v. Sisson<\/em>, 399 U.S. 267, 280-81, 90 S.Ct. 2117, 2125 (1970)<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “An arrest of judgment [under common law] was the technical term describing the act of a trial judge refusing to enter judgment on the verdict because of an error appearing on the face of the record that tendered the judgment invalid.<\/span>“<\/strong> [4]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[4]: U.S. v. Sisson<\/em>, 399 U.S. 267, 280-81, 90 S.Ct. 2117, 2125 (1970).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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