http://wn.ktvu.com/story/27666226/judge-sets-june-date-for-corruption-trial-of-yee-and-jacksonSAN FRANCISCO (KTVU and wires) -- Suspended state Sen. Leland Yee and political consultant Keith Jackson were given a June 1 date in federal court in San Francisco Thursday for the start of their corruption trial.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said jury selection in his Federal Building courtroom will begin on June 1 and opening statements and testimony will start on June 22.
Yee, 66, D-San Francisco/San Mateo, and Jackson, 49, a former San Francisco school board president, are accused of conspiring to solicit contributions for Yee's mayoral and secretary of state campaigns in exchange for political favors by the senator.
The trial will also include weapons charges against Yee, Jackson and two other men: Jackson's son, Brandon Jackson, 28, of San Francisco, and sports agent Marlon Sullivan, 29, of Oakland.
The four men will be the first to go to trial among 28 people named in a wide-ranging 228-count indictment that also includes racketeering and organized-crime charges against San Francisco Chinatown association leader Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow and others.
