A Massachusetts judge denied a request to dismiss the murder charge against Karen Read following a mistrial in the high-profile case.
Read was accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, in January 2022. Prosecutors allege she hit O'Keefe with her car and left him to die in the middle of a snowstorm after the two got into an argument earlier in the day.
Read was charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle under the influence and leaving the scene of a fatal accident. She had pleaded not guilty. In her ruling released on Friday, Cannone concluded that double jeopardy was not at issue "because the defendant was not acquitted of any charges and defense counsel consented to the court's declaration of a mistrial."
Prosecutors had asked the judge not to dismiss the two charges, arguing in court filings that the defense's motion "lacks any merit or legal foundation" and labeled the defense's claims that the jury reached a unanimous decision to acquit on the two counts "unsubstantiated and sensational."
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