High court denies Karen Read's double jeopardy claim
The state's top court ruled Tuesday that Karen Read can be retried on all previous charges in the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe. The court rejected her attorneys' bid to dismiss two of the three counts.
Mass. SJC denies Karen Read double jeopardy appeal
Karen Read asked Massachusetts' highest court to dismiss two of the three criminal charges she faced in connection with the death of John O'Keefe.
SJC denies Karen Read motion to dismiss two charges
Read’s attorneys had asked the state’s highest court to throw out two charges — second-degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident— on double jeopardy grounds.
Massachusetts' SJC rules Karen Read can be retried for 2nd-degree murder. What it said
Karen Read's lawyers have argued since July that she should not be retried for 2nd degree murder. But justices on the state's highest court disagreed.
Massachusetts top court rules Karen Read can be retried in her boyfriend's death
BOSTON (AP) — The state’s top court ruled Tuesday that Karen Read can be retried on all the same charges in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, the latest twist in the long-running case that transfixed true crime fans nationwide.
Karen Read loses double jeopardy appeal in Boston cop slaying case, will receive new trial
Massachusetts Supreme Court denies Karen Read's bid to have murder charges thrown out on grounds of double jeopardy in murder of police officer boyfriend.
Karen Read's appeal denied by Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
BOSTON - The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has denied Karen Read's appeal to get some of the charges against her thrown out before her second criminal trial. Her defense argued before the highest court in the state last November that charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of personal injury and death should be dismissed.
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