# Subpoenaed to testify. No lawyers have contacted me -- should they have? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 31, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subpoenaed-to-testify-no-lawyers-have-contacted-me-should-they-have/1009506 "2024-10-31T16:58:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subpoenaed-to-testify-no-lawyers-have-contacted-me-should-they-have/1009506/23 "2024-11-01T18:34:06Z")
Here is a [thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-subpeonaed-as-a-witness-any-advice/960301/22) started by me when I was in a similar situation. In my case I think it was someone who got caught on security video breaking into a bunch of cars on my block one night including mine. I wasn’t going to be much of a witness since I didn’t see anything, and all I could say was that I kept $40 in emergency cash in my car that was not there when I checked after the incident. I’m not even sure that it was about this since all that was on the notice was the time and place I needed to show up, and the name of the defendant which I didn’t recognize. I’m assuming this is what it was because that was my only brush with law enforcement. The end result (not included in the thread) was that shortly before the trial I realized that I had lost the paper that told me when and where I should go. I tried calling the court to ask, but they didn’t seem to have any way to look me up, so I ended up not going. Other than that first piece of paper in the mail (non-certified) no one ever contacted me. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subpoenaed-to-testify-no-lawyers-have-contacted-me-should-they-have/1009506)._