In entrance of a jam-packed courtroom, protection attorneys for the Mansfield girl accused of killing her Boston Police officer boyfriend squared off with prosecutors over who’s actually guilty.
They are demanding a slew of proof they are saying will present their consumer is harmless, however they should anticipate a choose to resolve what occurs subsequent.
It all hit the boiling level Wednesday as Karen Read, 43, charged with second-degree homicide, motorized vehicle manslaughter whereas drunk and leaving the scene of a collision inflicting demise, was again in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham.
She’s accused of the Jan. 29, 2022, killing of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, 46, of Canton.
Read, who has been out on bail since her preliminary arraignment in Stoughton District Court simply days after O’Keefe’s physique was found — “cold to the touch” as prosecutor Adam Lally’s most up-to-date submitting described it — exterior 34 Fairview Road in Canton, a house owned by Brian Albert, one of many two individuals Read’s attorneys have pointed to as being culpable in O’Keefe’s demise.
The simmering feud between protection attorneys David Yannetti and Alan Jackson and prosecutor Lally that has performed out in blistering motions and responses because the center of final month got here to the fore in courtroom as they argued their instances earlier than Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone. The courtroom was packed maybe 100-strong with members of the general public who’ve taken curiosity within the case on both aspect.
Cannone heard arguments within the hour-long listening to however didn’t rule on the 2 discovery motions.
The protection argued that there ought to be onerous deadlines to the Commonwealth overturning proof Yannetti describes as doubtlessly “exculpatory, perhaps case ending.”
The protection argued that there ought to be onerous deadlines to the Commonwealth overturning proof Yannetti describes as doubtlessly “exculpatory, perhaps case ending.”
While further motions have been made, the listening to Wednesday requested particularly for video surveillance from the Canton Public Library, the clothes O’Keefe was carrying the evening he died, proof seized from Read’s Lexus SUV prosecutors say delivered the killing blow and, lastly, hint proof from the injuries O’Keefe suffered — which protection attorneys argue may comprise DNA proof that exhibits the home-owner’s canine took half in a lethal assault on O’Keefe.
It was this final level that illustrated the 2 warring theories over O’Keefe’s demise. The “undisputed facts,” as Jackson — an L.A. lawyer greatest recognized for successfully defending actor Kevin Spacey in Nantucket in 2019 — put them are that, one, O’Keefe was discovered lifeless that early morning within the Albert’s entrance yard and, two, his physique “had this set of wounds on his proper arm.
Jackson displayed a big autopsy photograph in courtroom of O’Keefe’s proper arm exhibiting these scars.
Jackson and Yannetti say the state seems to be at these wounds as “roadrash” — a reality Lally strongly disputes, calling it a “strongman argument,” including the state has by no means described them that method.
The protection countered that an knowledgeable says these are protection wounds from an animal assault. Specifically, they argue, O’Keefe was crushed to demise within the Fairview residence by a celebration together with its home-owner, Albert — who they describe as a “known fighter” and boxer — and that his “90-pound” German Shepherd Chloe contributed to the assault on O’Keefe as canines would do when their homeowners are in a battle.
They additional state that the canine has since been re-homed “mysteriously,” and that the flooring has been modified within the basement and that the house has been offered — property information say it offered on April 10 for $905,000 and had been listed on the market final November.
Lally mentioned that the protection’s requests have been “the epitome of a fishing expedition” — Jackson countered that it’s just one in as far as they’ve “the fish on the hook” — and that for lots of the fabric he has been ready on communication from them.
Karen Read, who’s accused of killing her boyfriend Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, seems to be again at her father after attending a listening to in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, in Dedham, MA. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) May 3, 2023
Karen Read, who’s accused of killing her boyfriend Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, is surrounded by media after attending a listening to in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, in Dedham, MA. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) May 3, 2023
Karen Read, who’s accused of killing her boyfriend Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, leaves the courthouse along with her attorneys after attending a listening to in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, in Dedham, MA. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) May 3, 2023
Karen Read, who’s accused of killing her boyfriend Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, leaves the courthouse after attending a listening to in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, in Dedham, MA. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) May 3, 2023
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Karen Read, who’s accused of killing her boyfriend Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, talks along with her lawyer’s Alan Jackson and David Yannetti as she attends a listening to in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, in Dedham, MA. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
Karen Read, who’s accused of killing her boyfriend Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, attends a listening to as her lawyer present a poster of O’Keefe’s arm in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, in Dedham, MA. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) May 3, 2023
Karen Read, who’s accused of killing her boyfriend Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, attends a listening to as her lawyer present a poster of a timeline in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, in Dedham, MA. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) May 3, 2023
Karen Read, who’s accused of killing her boyfriend Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, attends a listening to along with her lawyer David Yannetti in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, in Dedham, MA. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) May 3, 2023
Karen Read, who’s accused of killing her boyfriend Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, attends a listening to in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, in Dedham, MA. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) May 3, 2023
Karen Read, who’s accused of killing her boyfriend Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, attends a listening to in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, in Dedham, MA. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) May 3, 2023
Karen Read, who’s accused of killing her boyfriend Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, attends a listening to in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, in Dedham, MA. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) May 3, 2023
Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe (BPD photograph.)
Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe (BPD photograph.)
STOUGHTON MA. – FEBRUARY 2: The dad and mom, brother and sister-in-law of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe react as Karen Read is arraigned in Stoughton District Court on expenses associated within the demise of O’Keefe on February 2, 2022 in Stoughton, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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STOUGHTON MA. – FEBRUARY 2: Karen Read is arraigned in Stoughton District Court on expenses associated within the demise of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe on February 2, 2022 in Stoughton, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe (BPDNews.com)
STOUGHTON MA. – FEBRUARY 2: Family, buddies and fellow officers of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe react in courtroom as Karen Read is arraigned in Stoughton District Court on expenses associated within the demise of O’Keefe on February 2, 2022 in Stoughton, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
BRAINTREE MA. – FEBRUARY 6: Braintree Police officers and others from surrounding cities be a part of Boston Police officer as they lineup to pay their respect to fellow Officer John O’Keefe throughout his wake on February 6, 2022 in Braintree, MA. O’Keefe was killed throughout a snowstorm when officers imagine his girlfriend backed into him after dropping him off at a pal’s home. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
BRAINTREE MA. – FEBRUARY 6: Boston Police officers lineup to pay their respect to fellow Officer John O’Keefe throughout his wake on February 6, 2022 in Braintree, MA. O’Keefe was killed throughout a snowstorm when officers imagine his girlfriend backed into him after dropping him off at a pal’s home. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
BRAINTREE MA. – FEBRUARY 6: Mayor MichellWu joins Boston Police officers as they lineup to pay their respect to fellow Officer John O’Keefe throughout his wake on February 6, 2022 in Braintree, MA. O’Keefe was killed throughout a snowstorm when officers imagine his girlfriend backed into him after dropping him off at a pal’s home. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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