Asistencia de testigos en juicios fuera del condado de residencia

Explicación Simple

Si te piden ser testigo en un juicio, no tienes que ir si está muy lejos de donde vives. Solo es obligatorio si estás a menos de 150 millas o si un juez dice que tu testimonio es muy importante.

Es como si te pidieran que vayas a una fiesta en otra ciudad, pero solo tienes que ir si está cerca de tu casa o si el anfitrión realmente necesita que estés allí.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan vive en Los Ángeles y lo llaman como testigo en un juicio en San Francisco. Como la distancia es mayor a 150 millas, él no está obligado a asistir, a menos que un juez diga que su testimonio es esencial.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Penal Code - PEN PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681 - 1620] ( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 10. MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS [1268 - 1424.5] ( Title 10 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 3. Compelling the Attendance of Witnesses [1326 - 1332] ( Chapter 3 enacted 1872. ) 1330. No person is obliged to attend as a witness before a court or magistrate out of the county where the witness resides, or is served with the subpoena, unless the distance be less than 150 miles from his or her place of residence to the place of trial, or unless the judge of the court in which the offense is triable, or a justice of the Supreme Court, or a judge of a superior court, or, in the case of a minor concerning whom a petition has been filed pursuant to Article 16 (commencing with Section 650) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, by the judge of the juvenile court hearing the petition, upon an affidavit of the district attorney or prosecutor, or of the defendant, or his or her counsel, or in the case involving a minor in whose behalf a petition has been filed in the juvenile court, of the probation officer approving the filing of the petition or of any party to the action, or his or her counsel, stating that he or she believes the evidence of the witness is material, and his or her attendance at the examination, trial, or hearing is material and necessary, shall endorse on the subpoena an order for the attendance of the witness. When a subpoena duces tecum is duly issued according to any other provision of law and is served upon a custodian of records or other qualified witness as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 1560) of Chapter 2 of Division 11 of the Evidence Code, and his or her personal attendance is not required by the terms of the subpoena, the lim