Citaciones para testigos y registro de declaraciones en Míchigan

Explicación Simple

Cuando alguien tiene que testificar en un juicio, puede recibir una citación que les obliga a ir. Un escribano toma nota de lo que dicen, así que no tienen que firmar nada después.

Es como si tu maestro te dijera que tienes que ir a la clase de matemáticas y un compañero de clase estuviera tomando apuntes de todo lo que dices, para que no tengas que volver a escribirlo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Carla es testigo en un caso de robo. El juez le envía una citación para que se presente. Un escribano toma nota de lo que Carla dice, y al final, no necesita firmar nada porque ya está registrado.

Penalidades

Los testigos pueden enfrentar multas si no se presentan o se niegan a testificar.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

MCL 766.11 - Subpoena of witnesses; taking down evidence in shorthand; appointment, oath, and fees of stenographer; signing of testimony not required; testimony to be typewritten, certified, received, and filed; testimony as prima facie evidence Sec. 11. (1) Witnesses may be compelled to appear before the magistrate by subpoenas issued by the magistrate, or by an officer of the court authorized to issue subpoenas, in the same manner and with the same effect and subject to the same penalties for disobedience, or for refusing to be sworn or to testify, as in cases of trials in the circuit court. (2) Unless otherwise provided by law, the evidence given by the witnesses examined in a municipal court shall be taken down in shorthand by a county stenographer where one has been appointed under the provision of a local act of the legislature or by the county board of commissioners of the county in which the examination is held, or the magistrate for cause shown may appoint some other suitable stenographer at the request of the prosecuting attorney of the county with the consent of the respondent or the respondent's attorney to act as official stenographer pro tempore for the court of the magistrate to take down in shorthand the testimony of an examination. A stenographer so appointed shall take the constitutional oath as the official stenographer and shall be entitled to the following fees: $6.00 for each day and $3.00 for each half day while so employed in taking down the testimony and 10 cents per folio for typewriting the testimony taken down in shorthand, or other compensation and fees as shall be fixed by the county board of commissioners appointing the stenographer. The fees may be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the county in which the testimony is taken. It sha