Time to Answer Allowed Defendant

If, on the arraignment, the defendant requires it, he shall be allowed a reasonable time to answer. NOTE: Section 60.30 is substantively the same as former § 990. Compare Cal. Pen. Code § 990. See generally B. Witkin, California Criminal Procedure Proceedings Before Trial § 222(4) (1963). Emphasis should be on a reasonable time. See ABA, Project on Minimum Standards for Criminal Justice Pleas of Guilty § 1.3(a) (Approved draft 1968). The defendant has the right to appear with counsel and a reasonable delay after the first appearance and before arraignment for the purpose of obtaining counsel should always be provided under § 45.30. See ABA, supra § 1.3(a). However, even though counsel has already been obtained further time may also be necessary to make an informed plea and this Section so provides. See id., at 24-25. See also 9 GCA § 7.22 (delayed plea where reports on mental condition to be obtained).