Read's first high-profile trial ended in a mistrial last summer with a "starkly divided" jury. Her second trial is scheduled to begin on April 1. Federal court appeal. Read starte

The Karen Read defense team mounted two efforts on Wednesday to have at least two charges — if not the whole case — against her tossed with less than one month to go before the Mansfield woman is scheduled to be retried for the murder of Boston cop John O’Keefe.

Karen Read's lawyers say Massachusetts State Police had "control" of the jury during her first trial. A judge forcefully denied those claims.