Tenn. man charged over Palin e-mail hacking to go on trial next week; Palin set to testify
By APWednesday, April 14, 2010
Man on trial next week for hacked Palin e-mail
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A man charged with hacking Sarah Palin’s e-mail will go on trial next week in Tennessee in a case expected to bring the former Alaska governor to Knoxville.
The judge in the felony case against former college student David Kernell denied a defense request Wednesday that prospective jurors answer a questionnaire to see if they have “strongly held opinions” about Palin.
Trial is set to start April 20. An Anchorage, Alaska, attorney for Palin, Tom Van Flein (Fline), told The Associated Press that Palin has been subpoenaed and will testify.
Prosecutors say Kernell accessed Palin’s personal e-mail account while she was the running mate of Republican presidential nominee John McCain in 2008.
Kernell, the son of a Democratic state legislator from Memphis, has pleaded not guilty.
