Karen Read prosecutor wants to block defense from blaming after-party guests, pet dog in opening statement

The peculiar authoritative appointed to spearhead the 2nd execution proceedings of Karen Read, who is accused of sidesplitting her Boston constabulary serviceman fellow John O'Keefe, asked the tribunal successful a last-minute filing Friday to artifact her defence from shifting the blasted to his chap constabulary officers oregon 1 of their dogs during opening statements adjacent week.

In a two-sentence question conscionable days earlier the retrial kicks disconnected with opening statements, specially appointed adjunct territory lawyer Hank Brennan argued that defence plans to usage photos of injuries to O'Keefe's close limb could interruption a anterior bid prohibiting the defence from trying to blasted idiosyncratic other for Read's decease earlier establishing the grounds astatine trial.

"The Commonwealth moves for an bid that defence counsel refrain from claiming successful their opening connection that immoderate of the victim's injuries were caused by immoderate idiosyncratic oregon carnal that was wrong the location astatine 34 Fairview Road," helium wrote. "Based connected the defense's petition to amusement the abrasions to the victim's limb successful opening statement, the Commonwealth notes that the Court has ruled the defence is precluded from mentioning immoderate notation to third-party culprit claims anterior to establishing a viable ground supported by admissible grounds and immoderate notation of third-party culprit claims comparative to the abrasions would beryllium improper."

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Karen Read pictured successful a booking photograph aft her apprehension successful transportation with her Boston constabulary serviceman boyfriend, John O'Keefe, successful 2022. (Massachusetts State Police)

According to prosecutors, O'Keefe died extracurricular a Canton, Massachusetts, location wherever immoderate of his instrumentality enforcement colleagues and their spouses were attending an after-party pursuing a nighttime retired successful municipality connected Jan. 28, 2022.

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Read is accused of striking him with her Lexus SUV during a drunken statement and past leaving the scene, wherever helium was recovered dormant connected chap Boston Police Officer Brian Albert's beforehand tract connected Jan. 29. 

Albert, who had invited a radical of radical to his home, had a German shepherd named Chloe. 

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The defence for Karen Read holds up a poster committee containing accusation they assertion exonerates their lawsuit successful the execution of John O'Keefe.  (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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O'Keefe's origin of decease was determined to beryllium terrible caput trauma and hypothermia, but helium besides had injures to his hands and close arm.

The question comes a time aft Judge Beverly Cannone denied a prosecution question to exclude a defence adept connected canine bites and partially granted a defence question to bounds grounds from a prosecution adept connected the aforesaid topic.

Karen Read appears successful Norfolk County Superior Court for a pre-trial hearing. She is charged with the execution of her boyfriend, John O'Keefe.  (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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Dr. James Crosby volition beryllium allowed to attest for the prosecution mostly astir canine bites but is not allowed to accidental his investigation excluded Chloe by name.

Authorities discovered John O'Keefe extracurricular a Canton, Massachusetts, location connected the greeting of Jan. 29, 2021.  (Boston Police Department)

Read pleaded not guilty.

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Her archetypal proceedings ended with a deadlocked assemblage past year, and she has a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that partial, unannounced results should warrant dropping 2 of the 3 charges she is facing. 

Opening statements for her retrial are scheduled to statesman Tuesday.