An attorney for Karen Read has asked the highest court in Massachusetts to dismiss a murder charge and one other charge she faces in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend.
FILE — Karen Read departs Norfolk Superior Court following a day of jury selection in her trial, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. has petitioned the highest court in Massachusetts seeking the dismissal of two charges including murder that she faces in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend.
The brief filed Tuesday to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court argues that trying her again on charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene would be unconstitutional double jeopardy. A judge last summer declared a mistrial after jurors couldn’t reach agreement on her case. The defense portrayed Read as the victim, saying O’Keefe was actually killed inside Albert’s home and then dragged outside. They argued that investigators focused on Read because she was a “convenient outsider” who saved them from having to consider law enforcement officers as suspects.
Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik, another state witness who was Proctor’s supervisor, also lost vacation days for failing to reprimand Proctor for his offensive texts, according to The Boston Globe. Canton Police Det. Kevin Albert, the brother of Brian Albert, also was reprimanded for drinking on the job with Proctor -- which came up during the Read trial, the newspaper reported.
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