DSDP Don wrote:
I read through this and the use of the word subpoena is wrong by several of you. A subpoena is issued by a court when a case is pending. You can't get a subpoena for something that hasn't gone to court yet.
Maybe things are different in Commiefornia...
This is Maryland's laws about subpoenas. http://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2010/criminal-procedure/title-15/subtitle-1/15-108
Most other states follow a similar practice, which is why national disclosure policies stipulate the dispersal of information under the power ob subpoena.
