---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptII/ch221"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 221"
heading: "Arraignment, Pleas and Trial"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptII-ch221"
sections_count: 16
---

# Chapter 221 — Arraignment, Pleas and Trial

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Part II — Criminal Procedure

## Sections

- [§3431. Term of court; power of court unaffected by expiration—(Rule)](/usc/18/3431.md)
- [§3432. Indictment and list of jurors and witnesses for prisoner in capital cases](/usc/18/3432.md)
- [§3433. Arraignment—(Rule)](/usc/18/3433.md)
- [§3434. Presence of defendant—(Rule)](/usc/18/3434.md)
- [§3435. Receiver of stolen property triable before or after principal](/usc/18/3435.md)
- [§3436. Consolidation of indictments or informations—(Rule)](/usc/18/3436.md)
- [§3437. Severance—(Rule)](/usc/18/3437.md)
- [§3438. Pleas—(Rule)](/usc/18/3438.md)
- [§3439. Demurrers and special pleas in bar or abatement abolished; relief on motion—(Rule)](/usc/18/3439.md)
- [§3440. Defenses and objections determined on motion—(Rule)](/usc/18/3440.md)
- [§3441. Jury; number of jurors; waiver—(Rule)](/usc/18/3441.md)
- [§3442. Jurors, examination, peremptory challenges; alternates—(Rule)](/usc/18/3442.md)
- [§3443. Instructions to jury—(Rule)](/usc/18/3443.md)
- [§3444. Disability of judge—(Rule)](/usc/18/3444.md)
- [§3445. Motion for judgment of acquittal—(Rule)](/usc/18/3445.md)
- [§3446. New trial—(Rule)](/usc/18/3446.md)