If you represent yourself in court, can you call yourself as a witness?
If you represent yourself in court, can you call yourself as a witness?
I'm confused as to how this would work; my understanding is that the Q&A format is fairly strictly enforced, and witnesses can't just spout except as a response to a direct question - would you have to pull a zootopia?
But of course if you can't, that would be pretty damn limiting if you literally aren't allowed to speak in your own defense.
Not that it's ever a good idea, of course - but how does it work?
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You can do so, and generally your examination of yourself is just you testifying in narrative format. Then you'd be cross examined as usual.
Criminal defense attorney here, confirming this is correct in at least every jurisdiction I'm aware of.
But as always, it's best to contact a lawyer in the same jurisdiction of the court to know for sure.
I tried calling my lawyer but it just says "You have no unheard messages..."
His phone must be acting up.
Have you considered sending them a text message? Sometimes they can read your mind and do exactly what you are doing.
In this case you'd be contacting yourself though.