DEDHAM – The judge in the case of Karen Read, a Mansfield woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend, Braintree native John O’Keefe, has ruled that she can be retried on all three charges, including second-degree murder, following a mistrial in July.
Defense attorneys for Read had attempted to make the case that retrying her on all charges is double jeopardy .
But prosecutors argued that the defense had the chance to object to the declaration of a mistrial at the time and did not, and the case does not have a verdict.
Judge Beverly Cannone sided with the prosecution.
Cannone declared a mistrial in the case in July. She has scheduled a second trial to begin Jan. 27, 2025.
Defense lawyers sought to have some charges against Karen Read dropped
Following the mistrial, Read’s defense attorneys filed motions seeking to dismiss two charges in the case and said the jury had agreed unanimously that Read was not guilty of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident with injury or death.