Subpoena
For those who didn't know, I just spent nearly two weeks on vacation several thousand miles away. I returned home yesterday afternoon, got to work this morning and what was waiting for me? A subpoena. For some reason I can't really fathom, I've been ordered to appear as a potential witness at a trial.This will hopefully all go away nicely, but there's also the possibility that they'll still try to get me to testify. Testifying itself probably wouldn't be too bad (though I have every intention of avoiding it), since I really don't think I have anything relevant to say. But if they even try to get my notes, that will become annoying.
That's not all. The main problem would be that, as a witness, I wouldn't be allowed in the courtroom until they called me to testify. It's a trial I was planning to cover, and things like jury selection and opening statements -- as well as other witnesses -- would all go on without me. That is not acceptable in my book.
I'm fairly optimistic that, if need be, we'll be able to stipulate to things (i.e., "Yes, this reporter wrote that article") so they won't need me as a witness at all. In that case, life will go on and I'll write more about it here later. If that doesn't happen, well, life will still go on and I'll still write about it here. The difference: I'll have plenty of time to sit outside the courtroom, getting madder than hell.
Posted by Layla at 12:23 AM, May 25, 2005
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