ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jury selection is set to begin in Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ felony invasion of privacy trial.

Greitens is accused of taking an unauthorized photo of a woman while she was partially nude during a 2015 sexual encounter, before he was elected.

Jury selection is expected to start Thursday morning and last at least two days. Testimony is scheduled to begin Monday.

Prosecutors say Greitens violated state law that prohibits taking an unauthorized photo of someone in a full or partial state of nudity. They’re expected to argue that taking such a photo with a cellphone involves transmission of the photo, from pixels to memory card, which is a felony.

Greitens has acknowledged the affair. He’s refused to say whether he took the photo. He calls the charge a “witch hunt.”

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ST. LOUIS (AP) – For all of the sensational allegations in Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ invasion-of-privacy case, the verdict may come down to the technical workings of the iPhone, the definition of “transmission,” and the whereabouts of a photo that may or may not exist.

Jury selection begins Thursday in Greitens’ trial.

The 44-year-old Republican is accused of taking an unauthorized, compromising photo of a woman with whom he was having an affair.

But prosecutors said earlier this week that they have not found such a photo. A forensics examiner has been looking at Greitens’ cellphone.

Under Missouri law, transmitting a photo involving nudity is a felony punishable by up to four years in prison.

Prosecutors contend that the process of taking a cellphone picture instantaneously moves it to the phone’s computer, constituting “transmission.” Greitens’ attorneys ridicule that idea.