The judge presiding over the high-profile Karen Read murder trial will hear motions on Thursday ahead of next week’s opening statements.
The motions by the prosecution and defense come one day after a pool of hundreds of jurors was whittled down to a 19-person jury for the trial.
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Norfolk Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone questioned hundreds of prospective jurors over five days. The jurors have not yet been sworn in, but there is a plan for 12 regulars and four alternates when the trial begins. It’s not clear how 19 jurors will be reduced to 16.
Read is charged with running down John O’Keefe, her Boston police officer boyfriend, and leaving him to die in a blizzard in the town of Canton on Jan. 29, 2022. She has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, motor vehicle manslaughter, and leaving the scene of a collision in connection with O’Keefe’s death.