Karen Read's defense team has appealed her case to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, according to electronic court records.
Defendant Karen Read speaks to reporters outside Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. She's on trial for second-degree murder. Karen Read 's defense team has appealed her case to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, according to electronic court records.The case docket cites double jeopardy in the appeal, which was temporarily impounded.
The defense portrayed Read as the victim, saying O’Keefe was actually killed inside Albert’s home and then dragged outside. They argued investigators focused on Read because she was a “convenient outsider” who saved them from having to consider law enforcement officers as suspects.
But the judge said the jurors didn’t tell the court during their deliberations that they had reached a verdict on any of the counts.
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