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You can, but you can also be held in contempt of court or charged criminally.

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Q: Can you refuse to be a government witness after being subpoenaed?
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Can you testify in superior court if not subpoena'd?

No, not unless you are subpoeana'd by one side or the other. A person can voluntarily testify without being subpoenaed as long as one party or another calls the person as a witness. Expert witnesses are hired to testify in court; therefore they also testify without being subpoenaed.


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Does the law require a witness in murder trial to testify?

If you mean in the United States, there's an awful lot they CAN do to push you into testifying in a case like that -- assuming you mean that you're being subpoenaed by the District Attorney's Office to testify for the Prosecution. However, if you are being put under pressure to testify FOR the defendant as a witness for the Defense, you will have a far greater chance of refusing to testify.


How much is a witness paid for a court subpoena in wi?

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If you do a voluntary repo in Texas why are your references being subpoenaed to court since they didn't even know they were references and they don't even know where you moved or your new number?

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