Wondering what happens if you don't show up for jury duty? We asked lawyers and legal experts in various states to chime in on the topic. Read on to find out what will happen if you miss your summons date.
Under California law, a wobbler is a crime that prosecutors can charge either as a felony or a misdemeanor. Usually, the prosecutor has the discretion of choosing, although sometimes judges may as well.In certain instances, a defendant convicted of a wobbler felony may file a petition to chang...
Jury duty is an interesting process. Not like on TV where you see Judge Judy. The work is hard if you are doing the job properly. If you were the accused you would want the same. I have been called several times for jury duty and never tried to avoid it. ...
I've changed, if subtly, and in ways that trouble a friend here and there. But my thinking is pretty much the same as it was when I was in my 20s. As a "liberal", I never really trusted Big Labor. I've never liked the "politically correct" speech regimen many traditional liberals...
If you miss jury duty, there may be penalties. You could be required to pay fines. In some cases, you could even receive jail time. Subpoenas are a type of court order. They usually tell people that they must appear in court for a specific legal proceeding. A subpoena is most often ...
While I flew into a frenzy over every dub I made And was loud in my complaining at the dismal game I played.Golf is like the game of living; it will show up what you are; If you take your troubles badly you will never play to par. You may be a fine performer when your skies ...
“I’m going to kill myself” is a loud horn blast if said plainly with earnest affect and requires no interpretation, whereas, “You’ll all be better off without me” requires a query (the Q in QPR) to draw out and clarify the true meaning of what the speaker may be intending to...
It matters very little if those fires were started by any deliberate or random accident, as they always will in California. Anything and everything will spark off a fire: a discarded cigarette butt, a short in a power line or a string of Christmas lights, a steel bulldozer striking a ...
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“I think we expected probably something like the Hell’s Angels that were our security force at Hyde Park, but of course they’re not the real Hell’s Angels, they’re completely phony. These guys in California are the real thing — they’re very violent. “I had expected a nice sort...