No, I don't really care about the trial, but I can't help but to wonder if it's a godsend to have the trial, which is likely to be a media spectacle gearing up during the RNC.
Can the Kobe trial overshadow RNC?
Anyways, here is a link to the story about the start date of the Kobe trial that I got from cnn.com: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/basketball/nba/06/25/bryant.trial/index.html?cnn=yes