Karen Read's defense makes case to dismiss some charges before Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
BOSTON - Karen Read's attempt to get some criminal charges against her thrown out on the grounds of double jeopardy came before the highest court in Massachusetts Wednesday.
Massachusetts’ highest court to hear arguments in Karen Read’s bid to dismiss murder charge
The latest chapter in the Karen Read saga moves to the state's highest court, where her attorneys Wednesday are hoping to convince judges that several charges related to the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend should be dropped.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court holds hearing on Karen Read case
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hold a hearing on the Karen Read case on Wednesday. Caption: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court holds a hearing on the Karen Read case.
Massachusetts Court Wary of Probing Karen Read Jurors (1)
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court appeared wary of making a post-trial inquiry into jurors’ mindset in the high-profile case of Karen Read, who is fending off accusations that she killed her police officer boyfriend.
'The judge must ask': Karen Read's lawyers make a case to Massachusetts highest court
Attorneys will make oral arguments today before the state‘s highest court on whether the state should be able to retry Karen Read on all charges.
Karen Read to go before the state's highest court. What is the Supreme Judicial Court?
Attorneys for Karen Read will ask the state's highest court this week to have two charges dropped following a July mistrial.
Massachusetts’ top court questions Karen Read’s argument to dismiss murder charge
The state’s high court had some hard questions for Karen Read’s legal team as it argued to have the murder charge tossed in her pending retrial on the basis of an undeclared not guilty verdict they say was reached behind closed doors.
Karen Read appeal argued before Massachusetts high court
Karen Read's defense argued in front of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to get some charges against her dismissed. WBZ-TV's Kristina Rex reports.
Supreme Judicial Court hears arguments in Karen Read's bid to dismiss murder charge
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hold a hearing on the Karen Read case on Wednesday. The Mansfield woman’s defense team is seeking to have the murder charge dismissed. Read is accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe on a snowy day in January 2022.
SJC weighing recalling jurors from Karen Read trial
Read’s appellate attorney Martin Weinberg told the 7 SJC Justices Wednesday morning that an inquiry of the jury should be the first step in Read’s bid to get her 2nd-degree murder charge dismissed.
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