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Karen Read's appeal denied by Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
BOSTON - The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has denied Karen Read's appeal to get some of the charges against her thrown out before her second criminal trial. Her defense argued before the highest court in the state last November that charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of personal injury and death should be dismissed.
Mass. SJC denies Karen Read’s bid to get 2 of her 3 criminal charges dropped
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts on Tuesday morning denied Karen Read's bid to get two of three criminal charges she faces in the January 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend dropped.
Karen Read case: Massachusetts’ top court denies Read’s appeal to toss charges
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court did not return accused murderer Karen Read’s trial team the opinion they wanted, and ruled that in fact she can be tried again on charges related to the drunken,
Karen Read case: SJC rejects defense bid to drop two charges
The SJC, the state’s highest court, has issued its long-awaited decision on Karen Read’s bid to drop two of her charges.
Mass. SJC to release opinion on Karen Read’s fight to get 2 of 3 criminal charges dropped
Read's lawyers have been battling to dismiss her second-degree murder charge and leaving the scene of a deadly crash charge for double jeopardy reasons.
State orders Karen Read to stand trial for murder and rejects her push to have some charges tossed after mistrial
Read’s appeal raised the question: “Can posttrial accounts of jurors’ private deliberations that are inconsistent with their public communications in court render the declaration of a mistrial improper, or constitute an acquittal, where the jury did not announce or record a verdict in open court?” the judges wrote. They believed it cannot.
Massachusetts SJC Rejects Karen Read's Motion to Dismiss Charges in Connection with Boston Officer's Death
Massachusetts SJC denied Karen Read's motion to dismiss charges in the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe.
Massachusetts' SJC rules Karen Read can be retried for 2nd-degree murder. What it said
Karen Read's lawyers have argued since July that she should not be retried for 2nd degree murder. But justices on the state's highest court disagreed.
Mass. Supreme Judicial Court to issue ruling on Karen Read's fight over charges
Read, 44, of Mansfield, is accused of hitting her boyfriend, John O'Keefe, with her SUV outside a Canton home on Jan. 29, 2022, and leaving him to die in a snowstorm following a night of drinking at two bars. Her first trial on three charges began in April 2024 and ended in a mistrial on July 1.
SJC to rule on motion by Karen Read lawyers to have two charges dismissed
Read’s attorneys asked the state’s highest court to throw out two charges — second-degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident— on double jeopardy grounds.
Mass. SJC denies Karen Read double jeopardy appeal
Karen Read’s bid to have a pair of criminal charges she faces in the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, was denied by the Supreme Judicial Court in a decision published Tuesday morning.
Karen Read team on the hook for hefty bill after Judge Cannone denies motion
The Karen Read team is on the hook for an expensive bill after Norfolk Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone denied a motion ...
Karen Read case: Judge will allow controversial expert to testify in second trial
The Karen Read case returned to court Thursday for a hearing on several motions ahead of the April 1 trial date.