Section 45-41-85
Waiver of arraignment.
(a) This section shall apply only to the 37th Judicial Circuit of Alabama.
(b) If a defendant in a criminal case pending in a court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a written plea of not guilty at any time prior to the day of his or her arraignment such plea shall constitute a waiver of his or her right to have an arraignment at which he or she is present in person or at which he or she is represented by an attorney.
-(Act 83-569, p. 875, §§1, 2.)