Several motions are being discussed Wednesday at a hearing in Karen Read’s murder retrial after a jury panel was put in place.Judge Beverly Cannone began with the defense’s request for a “forensic copy” of video from inside the Canton Police Department’s garage. Cannone has previously denied the request. Special prosecutor Hank Brennan said he has invited the defense to the police department to download whatever is available, however he said “they cannot have a photo image” of the entire detective file because it contains information about other cases. Cannone did not make a ruling on the motion.Brennan also discussed his concerns about the defense’s dog expert, Garrett Wing. He said Wing is not certified as a dog trainer and has never testified in court. Defense attorney Robert Alessi said Wing is a one of the country’s leading experts about law enforcement K-9 training. Opening statements are scheduled for April 22. The final jury includes nine women and nine men, who may have additional evidence to consider. The prosecution plans to use Read’s own words from the numerous interviews. Meanwhile, Read’s defense team is asking the Supreme Court to throw out two of the three charges against her, including second-degree murder. Read argues the jury had privately found her not guilty of those charges.Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson denied Read’s request for an immediate halt to her retrial. The full court is scheduled to hear Read’s appeal on April 25. It would take four of the nine justices to take the case, but that only happens in a small fraction of the cases discussed. Read now has five lawyers in the courtroom with her, including Victoria George, who served as an alternate juror during Read’s first trial.Cannone expanded the area of the buffer zone outside the courthouse because jurors from the first trial reported hearing demonstrators outside screaming and yelling during deliberations. The judge said the zone is necessary to prevent outside influence, interruption and distraction. What to know about the case:Read, 45, of Mansfield, pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges. The prosecution says she hit her boyfriend, O’Keefe, with her vehicle outside of a home in Canton during a snowstorm on Jan. 29, 2022, following a night of drinking. Her defense team argued that someone else was responsible for killing O’Keefe.The defense centered on allegations of a cover-up involving members of several law enforcement agencies. They say O’Keefe was beaten inside the home, bitten by a dog and then left outside.Testimony in Read’s first trial began on April 29, following opening statements. It ended on July 1, when jurors reported being hopelessly deadlocked, and a mistrial was declared.Read’s team vowed to keep fighting, and her defense has waged a considerable battle across multiple courts, attempting to get charges dropped or have the case thrown out entirely. Meanwhile, a federal investigation into the case concluded without any charges being filed against police.

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