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 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

The Karen Read murder trial is scheduled to begin next month, but an important hearing was held in the case on Tuesday that could affect the trajectory of the trial. Read — accused of killing John O’Keefe,

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.