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A judge in a small claims court told me something I never knew about evidence...
I was in a courtroom in Springfield last week for a dispute over a $500 security deposit. I brought all my photos and texts, but the other guy had a printed email I'd forgotten about. The judge looked at me and said, 'If it's not in front of me, it didn't happen.' He meant that you have to bring a physical copy of everything, even digital stuff. I lost because I assumed showing things on my phone was enough. Now I print every single text and email before any hearing. Has anyone else gotten tripped up by a simple rule like that?
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hill.jade2mo ago
A printed email? That seems so outdated for a modern court. You'd think showing the original on your phone would be more reliable than a paper copy. It's frustrating when the system doesn't keep up with how we actually live.
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blair3962mo ago
Yeah, "showing the original on your phone" sounds right until you've been the person fumbling to unlock it with a judge watching. My own tech skills would probably get the email deleted by accident. It is a system built for paper, hill.jade, so we're stuck with the printer for now.
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