One week before jury selection gets underway, the defense and prosecution sought the resolution of several issues.
What to Know
- Karen Read was back in court Tuesday for a final pretrial hearing in Norfolk Superior Court ahead of her second murder trial next week
- She is accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, by hitting him with her SUV outside a Canton, Massachusetts, home in January 2022
- Read's first trial ended when a mistrial was declared after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict
Karen Read was back in court Tuesday for her final pretrial hearing before the start of jury selection next week.
She had last been in court on Thursday, but Judge Beverly Cannone scheduled another hearing to resolve several outstanding motions. She dealt with several of those motions on Tuesday and said she will rule shortly on several others that are still outstanding.
Read is accused of hitting and killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, with her SUV in front of a home in Canton, Massachusetts, in January 2022. Her defense team has claimed that she is the victim of a massive coverup involving law enforcement corruption and is being framed for the murder.
Her first trial ended in mistrial last July. Her retrial is scheduled to get underway on April 1 after Cannone rejected a defense request last week to delay the case until April 25.
Here's a full recap of Tuesday's court proceedings:
