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725 ILCS 5/113-6 (2026)

Effect of failure to arraign and irregularity of arraignment

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(725 ILCS 5/113-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 113-6)
    Sec. 113-6. Effect of failure to arraign and irregularity of arraignment.
    Neither a failure to arraign nor an irregularity in the arraignment shall effect the validity of any proceeding in the cause if the defendant pleads to the charge or proceeds to trial without objecting to such failure or irregularity.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2836.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2002–2024 · leading case: People v. Lindsey, 772 N.E.2d 1268 (Ill. 2002).
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People v. Lindsey, 772 N.E.2d 1268 (Ill. 2002). · cites it 2× “Section 113-6 of the Code (725 ILCS 5/113-6 (West 1998)) provides that "[n]either a failure to arraign nor an irregularity in the arraignment shall affect the validity of any proceeding in the cause if the defendant pleads to the charge or proceeds to trial without objecting to…”
People v. Janusz, 2020 IL App (2d) 190017, 162 N.E.3d 1027. “See 725 ILCS 5/113-6 (West 2016) (“Neither a failure to arraign nor an irregularity in the arraignment shall affect the validity of any proceeding in the cause if the defendant pleads to the charge or proceeds to trial without objecting to such failure or irregularity.”
People v. Heitschold, 2024 IL App (2d) 230047. “¶ 26 The State also points out that, absent an adverse effect on a defendant’s rights, an arraignment and plea are mere formalities, inessential to a valid conviction and, according to section 113-6 of the Code (725 ILCS 5/113-6 (West 2020)), neither the failure to arraign nor…”
People v. Janusz, 2020 IL App (2d) 190017. “See 725 ILCS 5/113-6 (West 2016) (“Neither a failure to arraign nor an irregularity in the arraignment shall affect the validity of any proceeding in the cause if the defendant pleads to the charge or proceeds to trial without objecting to such failure or irregularity.”
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