Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania

Subpoena for Email records

How ''obtainable'' are email or instant message records from service providers like AOL and Yahoo? (Given a proper subpoena for the defense.) Do these firms keep email records even from accounts that have been closed? How long are they kept? And would such records be admissible in a trial to demonstrate false testimony by a complainant in a criminal trial? One hears often of public figures who are indicted/convicted on the basis of past emails. . . How are these records obtained?


Asked on 8/16/07, 6:17 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Jackson Law Office of John A. Jackson, P.C.

Re: Subpoena for Email records

They are around for a very long time. If someone whats to obtain them they are obtainable.

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Answered on 8/16/07, 6:50 pm


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