Norfolk County Judge Beverly Cannone on Friday morning denied Read’s request to have two of three charges she faced tossed after a handful of jurors said after the case ended in mistrial that they planned to acquit her of second-degree murder.
Cannone declared a mistrial on July 1 after the jury sent out multiple notes telling the judge it was hopelessly deadlocked.
David Traub, a spokesman with the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office, said it is planning to go forward with the trial again on Jan. 27.
“We believe that the judge’s decision is consistent with almost 200 years of case law,” Traub said.
Read is accused of backing over her beau, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, with her Lexus SUV and leaving him for dead in the yard of his friend in Canton, Mass., as a snowstorm was set to roll in on Jan. 29, 2022.
Read’s lawyer did not immediately return a request for comment Friday morning.