DEDHAM – The judge in the Karen Read case has agreed to it delay the start of her second trial in the death of Boston police officer John O’Keefe.
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During a hearing on November 4, both sides asked Judge Beverly Cannone to delay the start of the trial from January 27 to April 1.
On Monday, Cannone approved the motion. Attorneys will propose a schedule for the trial at a previously scheduled hearing set for Thursday.
Read’s first trial ended with a mistrial when the jury could not reach a unanimous decision.
Lawyers for Read did that appealed to the Massachusetts Supreme Court in an effort to get two of the three charges against her dismissed. They allege that jurors unanimously agreed to acquit her on charges of manslaughter and leaving the scene of personal injury and death, and were only deadlocked on manslaughter charges while operating under the influence of alcohol.
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Cannone has made several statements in the case in recent weeks. The judge rejected a prosecution request for telephone records of Read’s parents.
Last week, Cannon has approved a request from the prosecution to gain access to unedited and off-the-record recordings of interviews with Read and her family.
Read is accused of hitting O’Keefe, whom she was dating at the time, with her SUV after a night of drinking and leaving him to die outside a Canton home in January 2022. Read claims she was framed and the victim of a murder. cover-up by various people, including law enforcement officers.
