An attorney for Karen Read has asked the highest court in Massachusetts to dismiss a murder charge and one other charge she faces in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend.

Karen Read's defense is arguing the SJC should dismiss two of the charges in her high-profile case before she goes on trial again early next year.

Read's lawyers are appealing to the state's highest court in their effort to drop charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a fatal accident. The post Karen Read’s lawyers appeal to the SJC in bid to dismiss two charges appeared first on Boston.

Karen Read is seeking to delay a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of her Boston police officer boyfriend until her criminal trial in connection with his death is done.

The state’s highest court is scheduled to hear arguments in Karen Read’s high-profile murder case on Nov. 6, records show.

Karen Read’s lawyers said the trial judge made crucial errors in her declaration of a mistrial in the murder case and in dealing with jurors’ post-trial disclosures that they were ready to acquit

Karen Read is trying to delay a wrongful death lawsuit that was filed by John O'Keefe's family. Yahoo Personal Finance