Defense says jurors had ‘agreement’ to find Karen Read ‘not guilty’ of murder charge

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Defense says jurors had ‘agreement’ to find Karen Read ‘not guilty’ of ******* charge

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filed a motion to dismiss two of the three ********* charges that she faces in connection with the ****** of her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe.

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Read’s defense team states it received “unsolicited communications” from three of the 12 jurors who deliberated in her first trial, “indicating in no uncertain terms that the jury had a firm 12-0 agreement that Ms. Read was not guilty of two of the three charges against her, including the charge of ******* in the second degree.”

The filing states that the jury also unanimously believed that Read was not guilty of count three, which is leaving the scene of a fatal ******.

“It was not guilty on second degree…No on thought she hit him on purpose or even thought she him on purpose,” one juror told the defense team, court documents indicated. Another juror added stated that there was “no consideration for ******* 2″ and Read “should’ve been acquitted.”

Read’s first trial

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when the jury sent a note to Judge Beverly Cannone indicating

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. It was the third note the jury sent stating they could not reach a unanimous decision during the five days of deliberations.

The defense filing references the Double Jeopardy clause in the Fifth Amendment to the ******* States Constitution that prohibits anyone from being prosecuted twice for substantially the same ******.

The Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office

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on the same counts she faced in her first trial.

A spokesperson for the DA’s office was not immediately available for comment on the new defense filing. Read the filing below:

Read is accused of ******** O’Keefe by striking him with her SUV and leaving him in a snowstorm in Canton in January 2022.

Prosecutors said Read and O’Keefe had been drinking heavily before she dropped him off at a party at the home of Brian Albert, a fellow officer. They said she hit him with her SUV before driving away.

The defense sought to portray Read as the victim, saying O’Keefe was actually ******* inside Albert’s home and then dragged outside and left for *****.

Good morning everyone. New filings on Masscourts. I’ll let you know if/when the paperwork becomes publicly available.

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