How many times have you gone to court

81

just once....to fight a parking ticket....

i won the case....mostley because the cop didn't show...but i was prepared....had my evidence.

RYEzupSF

For myself- probably 12. Once for a ticket so I could get driving school instead of paying and it going on my insurance. It was online, free, and took me half an hour. All of the other ones were for protesting. All of those charges were eventually dismissed.

For work- several hundred.

mattdingle

Just d once. Went to help a friend out and it was a complete farce, waste of tax payers money. The Muppet show would have d same sort of characters there.

mfc2006

2 or 3 times, i think...

Phantom Pain

Once for traffic court

chadwick

lots

Black Diamond

Once for a ticket...

Twice for Jury Duty...

Once to pick up a stenographer for a date

DS1119

81 wrote:

just once....to fight a parking ticket....

i won the case....mostly because the cop didn't show...but i was prepared....had my evidence.

fixed

F Me In The Brain

7-8 times? I had numerous run ins with johnnie law when younger but had no convictions!

JOEJOEJOE

went to small claims court when I sued an ex-girlfriend. I loaned her money, but after she dumped me, she claimed it was a gift!

Wobbie

I used to own a corduroy suit :shock:

my mom called it my "court suit".....because that's what I used it for

I still only own one suit, but it's pretty nice...the wedding/funeral/christmas party suit.

JOEJOEJOE

imalive wrote:

I used to own a corduroy suit :shock:

my mom called it my "court suit".....because that's what I used it for

I still only own one suit, but it's pretty nice...the wedding/funeral/christmas party suit.

or, a law suit, if you will!

norm

81

JOEJOEJOE wrote:

imalive wrote:

I used to own a corduroy suit :shock:

my mom called it my "court suit".....because that's what I used it for

I still only own one suit, but it's pretty nice...the wedding/funeral/christmas party suit.

or, a law suit, if you will!

boooooooo

RKCNDY

3 times

1-fight a ticket
1-file an anti-stalking/harassment order
1-summons to get anti-stalking/harassment order in place (basically small claims court)

ZiggyStar

Never....

Stardog3..

zilch

Mamasan23

This seems to tie in to the skeletons in your closet thread...

dcfaithful

I have never stepped foot into a courtroom. I have yet to be summoned for jury duty in my life, and have not committed a crime (better yet, been caught doing so) that would put me there.

RKCNDY

dcfaithful wrote:

I have never stepped foot into a courtroom. I have yet to be summoned for jury duty in my life, and have not committed a crime (better yet, been caught doing so) that would put me there.

I predict that within the next few weeks you're gonna get a summons for jury duty...

dcfaithful

RKCNDY wrote:

dcfaithful wrote:

I have never stepped foot into a courtroom. I have yet to be summoned for jury duty in my life, and have not committed a crime (better yet, been caught doing so) that would put me there.

I predict that within the next few weeks you're gonna get a summons for jury duty...

I'm up for it. It's a new experience, and it'll get me a paid day off of work without using PTO. Bring it on.

josevolution

Ok way back in the day mid 80's i had to answer for 15 or so tickets from people who had the same name as me this is when we didn't have pict licenses so me being jose morales here in NY where there is like 300k jose morales , i had to appear in court to clear my name i got off every single ticket as soon as the cop looked at me he would state that's not the guy i pulled over ...But it still sucked to have to appear in courts all over the three borroughs here thank god for pict id ...

StillHere

for myself
once in the early 90s for accident..not my fault
once, twice, and three times again recently, for car accident...again not my fault but turns out my DL was expired ( :roll: geez) but i made out OK
once in the late 70s because i was living in a house (communal) where someone was in the business of keeping the locals in stems and seeds (the NJ state police found it necessary to kick down the doors, inside and out, and drag us all naked, half-naked, asleep or not in the middle of the night, outside, line us up on our knees in the back yard and proceed to beat the hell out of all the males, some ending up hospitalized, one in particular with a fractured skull....handy 5 lb steel police flashlights are apparently deadly)
once in the early 80s, after being pulled over after i picked up a hitchhiker outside of town that the cops were looking for (they saw him get into my car and thought i knew him)
once sorry to say just last year, for not remembering to pay a ticket (a whole slew of cops even came to the door like i was on the most wanted list, handcuffed me and took me away in a police car, in broad daylight...at the amusement of the entire neighborhood....then i had to wait for bail hearing..thankfully at the courthouse and not in jail..whewweww..talk about EMBARRASSING!! OMG :roll: :shock: )
once or twice over the years to fight a traffic ticket or two
once when i was way lots younger and way more stupid for errr....umm.....holding on to some of those stems and seeds for a boyfriend when we got pulled over on our harley(some bf huh?)
once or twice in domestic court bc of my a$$wipe ex-husband
several times in family court over the years....child support, visitation, etc.
oh yeah and several times to testify in a long, drawn out case after a guy in a car hit my husband (on his moto guzzi) head-on at about 50 mph and nearly killed him

wow that's a lot more than i thought it would be

can you believe it? lil "old" me?

for work:
countless times (as an advocate working with families of troubled kids)

geez i'm embarrassed of myself sometimes :roll:

81

:shock: :shock:

StillHere wrote:

for myself
once in the early 90s for accident..not my fault
once, twice, and three times again recently, for car accident...again not my fault but turns out my DL was expired ( :roll: geez) but i made out OK
oncein the late 70s because i was living in a house (communal) where someone was in the business of keeping the locals in stems and seeds (the NJ state police found it necessary to kick down the doors, inside and out, and drag us all naked, half-naked, asleep or not in the middle of the night, outside, line us up on our knees in the back yard and proceed to beat the hell out of all the males, some ending up hospitalized, one in particular with a fractured skull....handy 5 lb steel police flashlights are apparently deadly)
once in the early 80s, after being pulled over after i picked up a hitchhiker outside of town that the cops were looking for (they saw him get into my car and thought i knew him)
once sorry to say just last year, for not remembering to pay a ticket (a whole slew of cops even came to the door like i was on the most wanted list, handcuffed me and took me away in a police car, in broad daylight...at the amusement of the entire neighborhood....then i had to wait for bail hearing..thankfully at the courthouse and not in jail..whewweww..talk about EMBARRASSING!! OMG :roll: :shock: )
once or twice over the years to fight a traffic ticket or two
once when i was way lots younger and way more stupid for errr....umm.....holding on to some of those stems and seeds for a boyfriend when we got pulled over on our harley(some bf huh?)
once or twice in domestic court bc of my a$$wipe ex-husband
several times in family court over the years....child support, visitation, etc.

wow that's a lot more than i thought it would be

can you believe it? lil "old" me?

for work:
countless times (as an advocate working with families of troubled kids)

geez i'm embarrassed of myself sometimes :roll:

norm

StillHere wrote:

for myself
once in the early 90s for accident..not my fault
once, twice, and three times again recently, for car accident...again not my fault but turns out my DL was expired ( :roll: geez) but i made out OK
once in the late 70s because i was living in a house (communal) where someone was in the business of keeping the locals in stems and seeds (the NJ state police found it necessary to kick down the doors, inside and out, and drag us all naked, half-naked, asleep or not in the middle of the night, outside, line us up on our knees in the back yard and proceed to beat the hell out of all the males, some ending up hospitalized, one in particular with a fractured skull....handy 5 lb steel police flashlights are apparently deadly)
once in the early 80s, after being pulled over after i picked up a hitchhiker outside of town that the cops were looking for (they saw him get into my car and thought i knew him)
once sorry to say just last year, for not remembering to pay a ticket (a whole slew of cops even came to the door like i was on the most wanted list, handcuffed me and took me away in a police car, in broad daylight...at the amusement of the entire neighborhood....then i had to wait for bail hearing..thankfully at the courthouse and not in jail..whewweww..talk about EMBARRASSING!! OMG :roll: :shock: )
once or twice over the years to fight a traffic ticket or two
once when i was way lots younger and way more stupid for errr....umm.....holding on to some of those stems and seeds for a boyfriend when we got pulled over on our harley(some bf huh?)
once or twice in domestic court bc of my a$$wipe ex-husband
several times in family court over the years....child support, visitation, etc.
oh yeah and several times to testify in a long, drawn out case after a guy in a car hit my husband (on his moto guzzi) head-on at about 50 mph and nearly killed him

wow that's a lot more than i thought it would be

can you believe it? lil "old" me?

for work:
countless times (as an advocate working with families of troubled kids)

geez i'm embarrassed of myself sometimes :roll:

which episode(s) of 'cops' are you on? :P

stargirl69

Personally,once for a small claim.
Work more times than I care to think about.

StillHere

81 wrote:

:shock: :shock:

StillHere wrote:

for myself
once in the early 90s for accident..not my fault
once, twice, and three times again recently, for car accident...again not my fault but turns out my DL was expired ( :roll: geez) but i made out OK
oncein the late 70s because i was living in a house (communal) where someone was in the business of keeping the locals in stems and seeds (the NJ state police found it necessary to kick down the doors, inside and out, and drag us all naked, half-naked, asleep or not in the middle of the night, outside, line us up on our knees in the back yard and proceed to beat the hell out of all the males, some ending up hospitalized, one in particular with a fractured skull....handy 5 lb steel police flashlights are apparently deadly)
once in the early 80s, after being pulled over after i picked up a hitchhiker outside of town that the cops were looking for (they saw him get into my car and thought i knew him)
once sorry to say just last year, for not remembering to pay a ticket (a whole slew of cops even came to the door like i was on the most wanted list, handcuffed me and took me away in a police car, in broad daylight...at the amusement of the entire neighborhood....then i had to wait for bail hearing..thankfully at the courthouse and not in jail..whewweww..talk about EMBARRASSING!! OMG :roll: :shock: )
once or twice over the years to fight a traffic ticket or two
once when i was way lots younger and way more stupid for errr....umm.....holding on to some of those stems and seeds for a boyfriend when we got pulled over on our harley(some bf huh?)
once or twice in domestic court bc of my a$$wipe ex-husband
several times in family court over the years....child support, visitation, etc.

wow that's a lot more than i thought it would be

can you believe it? lil "old" me?

for work:
countless times (as an advocate working with families of troubled kids)

geez i'm embarrassed of myself sometimes :roll:

i KNOW!!!! :shock:

StillHere

norm wrote:

StillHere wrote:

for myself
once in the early 90s for accident..not my fault
once, twice, and three times again recently, for car accident...again not my fault but turns out my DL was expired ( :roll: geez) but i made out OK
once in the late 70s because i was living in a house (communal) where someone was in the business of keeping the locals in stems and seeds (the NJ state police found it necessary to kick down the doors, inside and out, and drag us all naked, half-naked, asleep or not in the middle of the night, outside, line us up on our knees in the back yard and proceed to beat the hell out of all the males, some ending up hospitalized, one in particular with a fractured skull....handy 5 lb steel police flashlights are apparently deadly)
once in the early 80s, after being pulled over after i picked up a hitchhiker outside of town that the cops were looking for (they saw him get into my car and thought i knew him)
once sorry to say just last year, for not remembering to pay a ticket (a whole slew of cops even came to the door like i was on the most wanted list, handcuffed me and took me away in a police car, in broad daylight...at the amusement of the entire neighborhood....then i had to wait for bail hearing..thankfully at the courthouse and not in jail..whewweww..talk about EMBARRASSING!! OMG :roll: :shock: )
once or twice over the years to fight a traffic ticket or two
once when i was way lots younger and way more stupid for errr....umm.....holding on to some of those stems and seeds for a boyfriend when we got pulled over on our harley(some bf huh?)
once or twice in domestic court bc of my a$$wipe ex-husband
several times in family court over the years....child support, visitation, etc.
oh yeah and several times to testify in a long, drawn out case after a guy in a car hit my husband (on his moto guzzi) head-on at about 50 mph and nearly killed him

wow that's a lot more than i thought it would be

can you believe it? lil "old" me?

for work:
countless times (as an advocate working with families of troubled kids)

geez i'm embarrassed of myself sometimes :roll:

which episode(s) of 'cops' are you on? :P

can you believe it?
when i started thinking about it...o.m.g. :roll:

dcfaithful

norm wrote:

StillHere wrote:

for myself
once in the early 90s for accident..not my fault
once, twice, and three times again recently, for car accident...again not my fault but turns out my DL was expired ( :roll: geez) but i made out OK
once in the late 70s because i was living in a house (communal) where someone was in the business of keeping the locals in stems and seeds (the NJ state police found it necessary to kick down the doors, inside and out, and drag us all naked, half-naked, asleep or not in the middle of the night, outside, line us up on our knees in the back yard and proceed to beat the hell out of all the males, some ending up hospitalized, one in particular with a fractured skull....handy 5 lb steel police flashlights are apparently deadly)
once in the early 80s, after being pulled over after i picked up a hitchhiker outside of town that the cops were looking for (they saw him get into my car and thought i knew him)
once sorry to say just last year, for not remembering to pay a ticket (a whole slew of cops even came to the door like i was on the most wanted list, handcuffed me and took me away in a police car, in broad daylight...at the amusement of the entire neighborhood....then i had to wait for bail hearing..thankfully at the courthouse and not in jail..whewweww..talk about EMBARRASSING!! OMG :roll: :shock: )
once or twice over the years to fight a traffic ticket or two
once when i was way lots younger and way more stupid for errr....umm.....holding on to some of those stems and seeds for a boyfriend when we got pulled over on our harley(some bf huh?)
once or twice in domestic court bc of my a$$wipe ex-husband
several times in family court over the years....child support, visitation, etc.
oh yeah and several times to testify in a long, drawn out case after a guy in a car hit my husband (on his moto guzzi) head-on at about 50 mph and nearly killed him

wow that's a lot more than i thought it would be

can you believe it? lil "old" me?

for work:
countless times (as an advocate working with families of troubled kids)

geez i'm embarrassed of myself sometimes :roll:

which episode(s) of 'cops' are you on? :P

StillHere

dcfaithful wrote:

norm wrote:

StillHere wrote:

for myself
once in the early 90s for accident..not my fault
once, twice, and three times again recently, for car accident...again not my fault but turns out my DL was expired ( :roll: geez) but i made out OK
once in the late 70s because i was living in a house (communal) where someone was in the business of keeping the locals in stems and seeds (the NJ state police found it necessary to kick down the doors, inside and out, and drag us all naked, half-naked, asleep or not in the middle of the night, outside, line us up on our knees in the back yard and proceed to beat the hell out of all the males, some ending up hospitalized, one in particular with a fractured skull....handy 5 lb steel police flashlights are apparently deadly)
once in the early 80s, after being pulled over after i picked up a hitchhiker outside of town that the cops were looking for (they saw him get into my car and thought i knew him)
once sorry to say just last year, for not remembering to pay a ticket (a whole slew of cops even came to the door like i was on the most wanted list, handcuffed me and took me away in a police car, in broad daylight...at the amusement of the entire neighborhood....then i had to wait for bail hearing..thankfully at the courthouse and not in jail..whewweww..talk about EMBARRASSING!! OMG :roll: :shock: )
once or twice over the years to fight a traffic ticket or two
once when i was way lots younger and way more stupid for errr....umm.....holding on to some of those stems and seeds for a boyfriend when we got pulled over on our harley(some bf huh?)
once or twice in domestic court bc of my a$$wipe ex-husband
several times in family court over the years....child support, visitation, etc.
oh yeah and several times to testify in a long, drawn out case after a guy in a car hit my husband (on his moto guzzi) head-on at about 50 mph and nearly killed him

wow that's a lot more than i thought it would be

can you believe it? lil "old" me?

for work:
countless times (as an advocate working with families of troubled kids)

geez i'm embarrassed of myself sometimes :roll:

which episode(s) of 'cops' are you on? :P

:lolno: :oops:

one might think i was trailer trash from the narrative, right?
but i promise...i'm not
geez when its all down in writing there OMG :roll:

norm

sorry jo but reading that all that ran through my mind was

bad boys
bad boys
whatcha gonna do?
whatcha gonna do when they come for you

:P