Karen Read's defense may be barred from accusing others of causing John O'Keefe's death in their opening statement.

Prosecutors made the request in a motion filed Friday in Norfolk Superior Court, where opening statements in Karen Read’s retrial are slated for Tuesday.

On Thursday, defense lawyer Alan Jackson will begin his cross-examination of Colin Albert, Brian Albert’s nephew who was present at the Fairview home on the night of Jan. 28 and who testified ...

Read, 45, is accused of killing her boyfriend, Braintree native and Boston police officer John O'Keefe, by backing into him ...

The countdown is on to Karen Read's second murder trial, and she and her lawyers were back at Norfolk Superior Court ...

Read’s defense has claimed all three were involved in a fight with O’Keefe where he sustained fatal injuries. While the defense will be able to develop their theory, Cannone ruled they cannot include ...

While Karen Read may raise a third-party culprit defense when her retrial begins next month, she can’t try to pin her boyfriend’s death on witness Colin Albert, Judge Beverly Cannone ruled Monday.

The judge in Karen Read's murder trial has ruled that her attorneys cannot argue that Colin Albert could have been one of the men responsible for John O'Keefe's death as part of their third-party ...

Karen Read’s lawyers can try to argue ‘third-party culprit defense’ involving Brian Albert, Brian Higgins: Judge Beverly Cannone rules ...

But she ruled the evidence presented by Read's team is “insufficient to support a preliminary finding that Colin Albert had the motive, intent, and opportunity to commit the crime.” ...