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Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
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So I booked off today mostly expecting to relate my story to the court and having the defense attourney frying my hide like a half baked chicken. Here's what happened.
1) I was told to get there very early to prep for my testimony. So I ended up getting there at around 9, met with Scott, one of the other witnesses in the case and a former co-worker, so we got around to chat. 2) The representative from the prosecutors office was to speak with us at 9:30. She never came. 3) Trial was supposed to start at 10. The courtroom was not opened untill 10:30. And even then, they would not let us in the courtroom, in fact, they let some lady in crutches, left arm in cast, and neck brace in to discuss her case, probably a car accident in which she was involved. 4) At around 11, the rep comes to speak with us. She informed us that the defence lawyer has put in a bunch of motions to be addressed, that's probably why they decided to delay the proceedings while the lady's case was addressed. 5) We later find out that among the motions being set forth by the defense lawyer is a change of venue to the downtown courthouse. The Rep knew about the motion and apparently it was going to go ahead. This means that the trial would have to be put back until later this year.
Sheesh. Had they informed us earlier, then we wouldn't have to waste half our day in court.
Well, on the bright side: 1) I took the opportunity to have the windshield of my car replaced while I was in court. 2) It was a fun reunion between former co-workers.
-------------------- "And slowly, you come to realize, it's all as it should be, you can only do so much. If you're game enough, you could place your trust in me. For the love of life, there's a tradeoff, we could lose it all but we'll go down fighting...." - David Sylvian FreeSpace 2, the greatest space sim of all time, now remastered!
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Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
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Here we go again.
March 6.
That's when the trial officially starts.
I was formally served with the subpoena today in which I was told the following: 1) The week before the trial (March 1), I am to go down to the courthouse so that the representative from the Crown Attourney's office can prep my testimony 2) It looks like I'll be the first to supply testimony. After all, I was the person who signed in the computer. 3) Even if I do not testify on the 6th, my appearance on that day is mandated by law, trial formalities and all that crap. Which means that there is a possibility that I will not testify until the 7th and yet I could waste the 6th doing nothing but twiddling my thumbs.
-------------------- "And slowly, you come to realize, it's all as it should be, you can only do so much. If you're game enough, you could place your trust in me. For the love of life, there's a tradeoff, we could lose it all but we'll go down fighting...." - David Sylvian FreeSpace 2, the greatest space sim of all time, now remastered!
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Jeez, this is still going on? Your tax dollars at work!
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Da_bang80
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Here's my court story, also the events leading up to the story:
I used to hang out with this guy, we'll call him Dave. One of his hobbies i guess you could call it was driving around at night and throwing cups of water at cars, people, whatever. Sometimes they target would start to chase him. It was actually kind of funny having a little car chase through this sleepy town. Anyways. Him, myself, and another guy I'll call Matt where out doing this (It was the first time i was with them, and I was in the back seat the whole time so I never once threw anything out the windows.) Well Dave decided he was going to throw something other than water. So he got a cup of nacho cheese from a convenience store and threw it at a taxi. Well, the cabbie started chasing us through the city and called up about half a dozen of his fellow cabbies to help. one of them ended up blocking off an intersection then tried to ram us when we got past. Eventually we got pulled over and we were takin into seperate cars to get the usual interrogation. (i got the cool 4x4)Dave, and Matt both tried lying thier way out of it, but I figured there was no point so I told the truth. I didn't get charged with anything, since obviously there was no way for me to have thrown anything out the window of a 2 door car from the backseat. A few weeks later I got a suboena to go to court to testify against the cabbie who blocked off the intersection and tried to ram us. He was being charged with dangerous driving and that was when the police were notified that a bunch of cabbies were chasing a car. Long story short, we got to the courthouse and the prosecuter asked us to describe what happened. The cabbie never got charged because we couldn't see his face and none of the cab companies involved would own up to having a car that fit that description.
BTW: I just want to re-iterate that I was only an observer and I never participated in that particular hobby of thiers. And I also stopped hanging out with those two wacko's.
-------------------- Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The courage to change the things I cannot accept. And the wisdom to hide the bodies of all the people I had to kill today because they pissed me off.
What a pain in the arse! The one and only time I went to court was because a policewoman mistook a red light on a bus contraflow for the green light on the regular lane I was passing through. She was found by the magistrate to be a fool.
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Don't worry, I'm sure the Police Federation, ably assisted by my former employers who were their lawyers, got her a nice big cash settlement for mental distress and anguish and stress.
Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
Member # 33
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*snicker*
So after all this, after all the court appointments, appearances, preparations, etc, it all came down to today.
More motions. More Arguments. More rulings.
And when it all came down to it, the defendant finally pleaded guilty to the charges against him.
Sheesh, you mean I DON'T get to testify and get my hide fried like a grilled chicken?
I got to court at around 9:00 hoping to meet the court officer, only to find out that the court officer was not in at the time. After waiting for an hour for the officer to show up, I was informed to go to a particular courtroom and wait.
That's right, just wait. First batch of motions takes about an hour and a half. Then there is a recess until 1:30. Break for lunch with former co-workers, hamming it up as much as possible. Then return to the courtroom. This time we are asked to wait outside the courtroom in the waiting area.
So we wait.
And Wait.
And wait.
At around 2pm, the attourney shows up and informs us that the defendant has pleaded guilty. I mean seriously, all this and he then chickens out at the last minute?
Bah....
Well, in any case, it was yet another fun reunion between former co-workers, and any thoughts of trying to go back to work were immediately decided against as hey, most of the day has already gone by, so what's the point?
So thus concludes my journey through the Canadian Criminal Justice System. A whole lot of something for basically, well, nothing!!!
-------------------- "And slowly, you come to realize, it's all as it should be, you can only do so much. If you're game enough, you could place your trust in me. For the love of life, there's a tradeoff, we could lose it all but we'll go down fighting...." - David Sylvian FreeSpace 2, the greatest space sim of all time, now remastered!
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Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
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There's the good ol saying: it ain't over until the fat lady sings.
The Lawyer for the family of the defendant has requested my contact information. Apparently, the defendant's family is starting a lawsuit against myself, the two other co-workers, and the store for breach of contract and unlawful search, namely that whatever is on his computer was only the defendant's business and we had no right to intervene.
This doesn't make sense, after all the defendant himself did plead guilty to the charges against him......
-------------------- "And slowly, you come to realize, it's all as it should be, you can only do so much. If you're game enough, you could place your trust in me. For the love of life, there's a tradeoff, we could lose it all but we'll go down fighting...." - David Sylvian FreeSpace 2, the greatest space sim of all time, now remastered!
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