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Old 07-21-2003, 02:07 PM   #2
Timber Loftis
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Join Date: July 11, 2002
Location: Chicago, IL
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Just OBJECT.

It is not you, and it is not in your state nor your case, but here in Illinois I would say something like...

"Your Honor, this is their Xth continuance and they have failed to produce anything. We request that language be put into the Order indicating that if they have failed to produce anything by the time of the next court date, the matter be dismissed." (If X is a really high number, I might go ahead and press for dismissal RIGHT THEN).

In civil trials, there will be many chances for the sides to get evidence together. However, if this is a criminal case, the prosecution usually gets 1 chance at a continuance, and then no more.

But, nothing will go your way, and they'll get all they want if you don't say "I object."

Again, not your case nor your state, but this is how I'd behave in a courtroom here. Pretty simple, really. A smart lawyer once told me "If you don't ask, you don't get."
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