Hank Brennan

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The Commonwealth alleged that Karen Read struck John O'Keefe with her Lexus and previewed data and forensic evidence it said would support that account.

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Firefighter-paramedic Timothy Nuttall described finding John O'Keefe unresponsive in the snow, assisting with resuscitation, and hearing a statement he attributed to the defendant.

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Nuttall acknowledged inconsistencies between prior and current accounts of an alleged statement and of John O'Keefe's clothing.

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Defense counsel challenged Nuttall's memory and prior account of the alleged statement, then used dash-camera video to examine his description of the resuscitation scene.

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Nuttall used a timestamped video to identify the emergency-response sequence and again said the defendant told him, "I hit him," three times.

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Jackson used Nuttall's treatment focus and video footage to challenge the timing and detail of his recollection of hearing "I hit him."

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Nuttall confirmed his prior sworn testimony that he heard the alleged statement in the background.

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Kerry Roberts described Read's early-morning calls, the search for John O'Keefe, the Lexus tail light, and the drive to Fairview.

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Pre-testimony motions addressing prosecution's consolidated phone/text PowerPoint exhibits, Jennifer McCabe health watch data as potential rebuttal, and scheduling of ARCCA expert voir dire for Monday.

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Kerry Roberts describes finding John O'Keefe's snow-covered body at 34 Fairview, performing CPR, observing his injuries at the scene and hospital, and her handling of O'Keefe's cell phone.

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Defense attorney Jackson cross-examines Kerry Roberts about her contacts with the DA's office, coordination with Jennifer McCabe before law enforcement interviews, and false grand jury testimony about a Google search.

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Prosecution rehabilitates Kerry Roberts on redirect, addressing her grand jury testimony about the Google search, her communications with McCabe, and her independent memory of Karen Read's early-morning phone calls.

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Alan Jackson pressed Kerry Roberts on her admission that she gave false grand jury testimony about hearing Karen Read ask Jennifer McCabe to Google hypothermia, challenging her claim that it was merely a misunderstanding.

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Margaret O'Keefe, John O'Keefe's mother, testifies about her family, learning of her son's death, and interactions with Karen Read at the hospital and later at John's home.

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Sidebar argument over admissibility of two video clips of Karen Read's statements, with the prosecution arguing consciousness of guilt and the defense objecting to one clip as prejudicial.

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Trooper Nicholas Guarino testifies about his digital forensics background and the process of extracting data from phones belonging to John O'Keefe, Karen Read, Kerry Roberts, and Jennifer McCabe.

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Paramedic Daniel Whitley testifies about transporting Karen Read to the hospital under a Section 12 psychiatric hold on the morning of January 29, 2022, describing her statements and behavior during the ride and at the hospital.

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Pre-session motions hearing addressing whether experts may watch testimony to prepare for rebuttal, plus a ruling on a video clip from the prior day.

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Yannetti impeaches paramedic Whitley's testimony by showing his account of Karen Read's statements evolved across four prior appearances — adding details like 'many hours' and 'sitting outside' that were absent from his earliest sworn testimony.

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Prosecution redirects paramedic Daniel Whitley to explain minor wording variations across his prior testimony and to affirm he has no stake in the case outcome.

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Gene Demilus, general manager of C.F. McCarthy's bar in Canton, authenticates the establishment's surveillance video for admission as Exhibit 18.

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Bridget Mihan, co-owner of the Waterfall Bar and Grill in Canton, authenticates surveillance video from her establishment recorded on January 28, 2022.

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Michael Camerano testifies about the evening of January 28, 2022, celebrating his and John O'Keefe's daughters' school acceptances, going to C.F. McCarthy's bar, and picking up Kaylee O'Keefe the next morning after learning John was missing.

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Defense attorney Yannetti cross-examines Michael Camerano to establish Karen Read and John O'Keefe's relationship as happy, affectionate, and normal on the night of January 28, 2022.

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Trooper Guarino introduces phone extraction reports and reads extensive text messages between Karen Read and John O'Keefe from January 28, 2022, followed by video clips of Read discussing her drinking that night.

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Court prepares for and conducts a jury view of 34 Fairview Road in Canton, with both attorneys directing jurors on what to observe at the scene.

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Canton firefighter paramedic Jason Becker testifies about responding to a Section 12 psychiatric evaluation call for Karen Read on January 29, 2022, and transporting her to the hospital.

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Alan Jackson cross-examines firefighter Jason Becker about Karen Read's demeanor, trauma signs, and the nature of her statements about her 'last words' to John O'Keefe.

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Hank Brennan's redirect of Jason Becker focused on establishing that Karen Read described an argument with her husband, never mentioning voicemails, countering the defense's cross-examination inference.

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Ian Whiffin testified about disputed Safari timestamps and gave opinions from phone data concerning John O'Keefe's phone location and activity overnight.

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Dr. Wolfe addressed communications production, his contacts with defense counsel, and questions about potential retention and billing.

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Dr. Wolfe addressed deleted texts, Signal contacts, and a pre-testimony email outline sent to Mr. Jackson; the email was marked as an exhibit.

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Wolfe addressed the timing of ARCCA’s new work, information he received about prior testimony, and unproduced materials from prior testing.

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Dr. Rentschler addressed pre-testimony communications, Department of Justice trial updates, sequestration awareness, and the unfinished timetable for his report.

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Counsel disputed whether questioning implied the defense was paying a salaried witness for time, citing May 1 billing and an invoice; the judge overruled the objection.

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The court discussed finishing Dr. Rentschler's examination that day, limited Brennan to five minutes, and arranged to bring Rentschler in rather than have the witness return Thursday.

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The judge scheduled argument for the next day after the jury breaks around 4:00 or 3:45, limiting each side to ten to fifteen minutes.

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Whiffin's cross-examination examined limits in his phone-location, battery-temperature, extraction-integrity, and disputed-timestamp opinions.

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Whiffin defended his independent phone-data analysis, qualified the limits of location records, and addressed extraction integrity and the disputed Safari-search timestamp.

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Whiffin used a chart and live Safari demonstration to explain his location-data and timestamp interpretations.

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McCabe described the Waterfall gathering, calls and texts with O'Keefe, the early-morning search, and finding O'Keefe at Fairview.

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The judge allowed ARCCA witnesses to testify despite discovery concerns, while leaving open further motion practice over the expected May 7 report.

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Counsel disputed whether testimony about John O'Keefe's relationship with another person's mother was hearsay or contextual motive evidence; the court deferred the issue pending a foundation outside the jury's presence.

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The judge allowed limited directions testimony from Jennifer McCabe and the parties agreed related clips would not be played during her testimony.

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McCabe described the 911 call, a reported statement by Read, hypothermia searches, and video of the response at Fairview.

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McCabe was questioned about discussions with other witnesses, pretrial meetings, her later correction of an interview answer, and her limited recollection of vehicles outside 34 Fairview.

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McCabe was questioned about text-message timing, her visibility and observations at 34 Fairview, and earlier accounts of statements attributed to Read.

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Counsel discussed an unauthored April 2023 narration and potential impeachment of Mrs. McCabe; the judge required defense counsel to come to sidebar before using it for impeachment.

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Counsel agreed the police report would be marked for identification rather than admitted at that time, and the judge directed the court reporter to mark it.

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The judge addressed references to another law-enforcement agency and instructed counsel not to mention the FBI, agents, or a federal grand jury before ordering a 20-minute recess.

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Counsel disputed whether a proposed question concerning a conversation with a husband was privileged or otherwise inadmissible; the judge sustained the objection.

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Counsel disputed support for a claimed screenshot time; the judge marked Exhibit G for identification and limited its use to refreshing the witness's recollection.

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Counsel agreed to stipulate to times if read correctly from a report, while noting that the underlying information was already in evidence in another form.

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Counsel objected that a prior statement was being paraphrased and taken out of context; defense counsel agreed to read the statement in full.

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Counsel discussed the context of prior statements offered as impeachment, and the judge instructed defense counsel to provide some context for each statement.

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Counsel disputed a question's assumption about who found John O'Keefe; the judge sustained the objection and directed counsel to ask about the time instead.

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McCabe was questioned about prior accounts, calls, family texts, and location data; the court admitted two text exhibits for a limited state-of-mind purpose.

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McCabe was questioned about phone records, missed calls to O'Keefe, the timing of a Google search, and her actions during the emergency response.

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The court addressed competing video clip selections from Ms. McCabe's testimony and requested the defense's alternative clips for review.

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McCabe addressed the Google search, her communications after O'Keefe was found, and text messages admitted for a limited state-of-mind purpose.

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Counsel disputed using a report summary and grand jury testimony to impeach the witness after she adopted the report as refreshing her recollection.

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Counsel located the cited statement in a different report, apologized for the interruption, and discussed that the report was not in evidence or used to refresh recollection.

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Counsel debated admitting selected text messages and related messages for context, with the judge allowing the offered messages for state of mind subject to instructions.

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Counsel discussed a proposed set of February 1 text messages and whether the broader time span supported a request for additional context.

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Counsel challenged a question concerning collusion among witnesses, and the judge limited the inquiry to whether the witness herself was colluding.

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Counsel sought to identify locations on a phone-location map through the witness before anticipated testimony from the person who prepared the report.

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Counsel disputed confronting the witness with statements in police reports that were not her statements and using them to frame a credibility issue.

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Counsel disputed the witness's explanatory answers during cross-examination, while the judge addressed question wording, completion of answers, and the trial record.

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Counsel and the court addressed promptly displaying electronically cued material that counsel represented was already in evidence and marking it later.

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Counsel checked whether a Cellebrite-related display was in evidence before using it to question the witness, and later confirmed that it was not.

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Counsel disputed a question concerning another witness's testimony and awareness of it, while the court raised concerns about questioning the witness regarding sequestration.

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Counsel discussed redirect context for calls and text messages, proposed video clips, and whether prior questioning opened the door to further testimony.

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Counsel debated using additional phone-extraction text messages on redirect to provide context for text messages previously shown to the jury.

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Counsel and the court addressed whether two text messages were authored by Jennifer McCabe or Kerry and how to identify the associated phone numbers.

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Ryan Nagel testifies about arriving at 34 Fairview Road around 12:30 a.m. on January 29, 2022, and what he observed of a black SUV parked ahead of him while waiting to pick up his sister.

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Brennan's redirect reinforces that Nagel saw no tail light damage, no person on the ground, and no one outside the SUV during his five minutes at 34 Fairview Road.

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Heather Maxon testifies about seeing an SUV with a female driver and male passenger on Fairview Road the night of January 28-29, 2022, and observing no one exit the vehicle or walk across the yard.

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Prosecutor Brennan's brief redirect sought to address the defense's suggestion that Maxon was not paying attention, while Maxon gave qualified answers about her orientation and attention.

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Sarah Levinson testifies about attending Brian Albert Jr.'s birthday party at 34 Fairview Road on the night of January 28, 2022, describing the layout, guests, timeline, and conditions when she left.

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Alan Jackson cross-examines Sarah Levinson about her familiarity with the Albert home, her observations leaving 34 Fairview Road, and the nine-month delay before law enforcement interviewed her.

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Brennan's brief redirect establishes that interior house lighting did not illuminate the flag pole area and that Levinson had no reason to study that part of the yard when leaving.

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Katie McLaughlin, a Canton firefighter-paramedic, testifies about responding to 34 Fairview Road on January 29, 2022, and hearing Karen Read repeatedly state 'I hit him' while gathering medical information at the scene.

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Alan Jackson cross-examines Katie McLaughlin about her relationship with Caitlin Albert, pre-trial conversations with ADA Brennan, Read's demeanor, and the reported 'I hit him' statement.

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ADA Brennan rehabilitates Katie McLaughlin on redirect by establishing that she fully described her relationship with Caitlin Albert during prior testimony and that she had no reason to document Karen Read's statement given the non-investigative nature of her role.

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Lt. Paul Gallagher testifies about arriving at the Fairview Road scene on January 29, 2022, processing the area with a leaf blower, collecting blood evidence, and visiting 34 Fairview Road to speak with Brian Albert.

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Prosecution redirect addresses cross-examination challenges to Gallagher's decisions not to seek surveillance footage, search the Albert home, or write reports, and rebuts evidence contamination concerns.

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ADA Brennan asks Lt. Gallagher whether any fact justified searching the Albert home; Judge Cannone sustains an objection to the question as to form. The court then directs that a glass exhibit be entered into evidence before Gallagher is dismissed.

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Trooper Guarino presents a chronological PowerPoint of Karen Read's calls, texts, and voicemails to John O'Keefe from 12:33 a.m. to 6:03 a.m. on January 29, 2022.

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Commonwealth attorney Hank Brennan introduces a video clip of Karen Read's recorded interview, marks keeper-of-records certificates for identification, and moves text messages into evidence before calling the next witness.

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Lt. Charles Rae testifies about conducting a well-being check at John O'Keefe's residence on January 29, 2022, with cruiser dashcam video and Ring doorbell footage shown to the jury.

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Lt. Kevin O'Hara describes the SERT team's January 29, 2022 evidence search at 34 Fairview Road during a snowstorm, including recovery of taillight fragments and a sneaker.

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ADA Brennan's redirect of Lt. O'Hara addressed cross-examination points about scene integrity, outside interference, and the completeness of the SERT evidence search at 34 Fairview Road.

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Trooper Connor Keefe described phone extraction and evidence-bagging procedures, then identified several physical exhibits.

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Keefe distinguished his evidence-collection work from Michael Proctor's analysis and report-writing, then described observations at John O'Keefe's autopsy.

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The judge excluded a Maryland decision offered for use against Jessica Hyde but allowed cross-examination about her methodology.

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Jessica Hyde testified that a Safari tab timestamp did not mark when the "hos long to die in cold" search was made, placing it at about 6:24 a.m.; she also opined that neither the search nor older call-log entries were user-deleted.

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Defense challenged Ms. Hyde's reports on phone activity, the 2:27:40 timestamp, and evidence handling; she acknowledged limits in artifacts she had not reviewed and agreed that the phone was not isolated according to the preservation practice she described.

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Hyde defended the independence and methodology of her phone analysis, explained limits on timestamp and health-step data, and said her report could not establish all overnight phone movement.

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Hyde answered further questions about timestamp tools, phone isolation, and call-log data, saying Mr. O'Keefe's phone appeared not to have been in a Faraday bag from 6:00 a.m. to noon.

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The court marked Clip 15 as Exhibit 83 and addressed witness scheduling, directing that an expert review the newly received ARCCA report before any remedy is considered.

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Counsel disputed displaying a chart containing a digital-forensics opinion before its foundation was established, and the court limited its use until the witness offered her opinion.

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Counsel argued that the witness's timestamp opinion lacked a proper expert foundation, while the Commonwealth argued that her training, experience, and explained process supported the opinion.

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Counsel renewed the objection that the witness had not established support for her timestamp methodology, and the court allowed the evidence.

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The court clarified its expert-evidence ruling, finding the witness qualified and the Commonwealth's showing sufficient, while counsel said the defense had recently received the demonstrative material.

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The parties disputed whether cross-examination excerpts fairly presented the witness's testimony, and the court permitted the questioning while allowing explanation on redirect.

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Counsel and the court discussed being ahead of schedule, the next witness's expected length, and briefly addressing scheduling after the jury was excused.

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Sgt. Bukhenik described the initial investigation, the seizure and preservation of the Lexus and other evidence, and alleged statements by Read; the court gave a preliminary instruction on evaluating those statements.

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The court took a morning recess and approved a prosecution consultation with Trooper Bukhenik in the presence of a defense representative.

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Bukhenik described evidence recovered at 34 Fairview, reviewed surveillance video and taillight images, and acknowledged two sustained internal findings related to his supervision of Michael Proctor.

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Bukhenik defended Michael Proctor's investigative role while cross-examination examined supervision, initial actions at 34 Fairview Road, and records for clothing evidence.

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Counsel discussed an interview report, whether it reflected an invocation, and a Rule 14 issue; the judge said counsel would not get into the interview.

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Counsel discussed striking part of an answer, directing the witness to describe personal actions more clearly, and later showing sustained findings and text messages.

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Counsel and the court examined conflicting sneaker-bag labels and discussed handling the remaining clothing before resolving the sneaker issue during a break.

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Counsel discussed storing an item in plasticine and replacing or remarking a shoe evidence bag to clarify the record while preserving the old bag.

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The court discussed the remaining presentation time, a required 4:00 break, a child witness anticipated for the next day, and releasing waiting witnesses.

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The judge called a juror break until two o'clock and confirmed agreement that the Commonwealth could excuse witnesses.

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Counsel raised concerns about narrative answers during cross-examination, and the judge said she would direct the witness to focus on and answer the questions.

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Counsel discussed showing a photograph to the jurors while giving the family advance notice and accounting for the courtroom cameras.

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Bukhenik was questioned about documentation and handling of recovered fragments, later lab processing, and text messages admitted with a limiting instruction.

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Bukhenik was questioned about phone-investigation decisions, text messages, videos, Chloe's records, and delayed witness interviews; the court limited several lines of inquiry.

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Counsel disputed whether the witness could compare handwriting on the word “Fairview”; the court directed a redacted exhibit for the jury’s comparison instead of witness opinion testimony.

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Counsel debated questioning about Brian Higgins text messages and investigative follow-up; the court required review of the identified materials and allowed a Bowden inquiry subject to the witness's answers.

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Counsel disputed authentication and use of text messages during cross-examination; the court admitted the material with authentication and non-hearsay limiting instructions tied to the officer's knowledge.

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The court and counsel arranged electronic display of a document so jurors could follow it, with agreement that the witness need not read punctuation or emojis aloud.

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Counsel disputed questioning about calls between two phones and later explanations; the court limited this witness's testimony to documented call details and when the information was learned.

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After an objection to questioning about phone destruction, the court found the foundation lacking and prohibited that line of inquiry through this witness at that time.

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Counsel disputed how to ask about the family's dog and the witness's investigation; the court permitted questions about whether and when the witness learned the dog had been gotten rid of.

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Counsel disputed whether a report could be used to impeach the witness about when vehicles arrived; after clarifying the prior question and answer, the court permitted the impeachment.

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The court discussed the remaining cross-examination, expected witnesses, and trial timing, excused Dr. Welcher from the following Friday, and scheduled a 10:00 a.m. Monday start.

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Commonwealth attorney Brennan argues his Bowden memorandum, seeking limits on defense questioning that he contends goes beyond permissible investigator-scope inquiry into inadmissible third-party evidence.

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Defense attorney Alan Jackson cross-examines Sergeant Bukhenik on investigative failures, Proctor's misconduct texts, Canton PD surveillance gaps, and horizontally mirrored sallyport video; Bukhenik said the corrected view appeared to show Proctor, if it was him, at the SUV's right rear.

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ADA Brennan's redirect of Sergeant Bukhenik addressed sallyport video concerns, established the investigation timeline and decision-making rationale, and introduced physical taillight evidence recovered by Proctor on three separate dates.

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Attorney Jackson's recross challenged investigative decisions involving Brian Higgins and ended with an objected-to phone-data premise; after the judge narrowed the question, Bukhenik said he had no information about logged steps on O'Keefe's phone.

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Forensic scientist Maureen Hartnett testifies about her examination of Karen Read's black Lexus SUV at the Canton Police Department and her subsequent lab analysis of John O'Keefe's clothing.

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Defense attorney Alessi challenges forensic scientist Hartnett's vehicle examination, establishing that no damage, glass, or hair evidence was scientifically linked to a pedestrian strike and questioning evidence handling of solo cup blood samples.

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Hank Brennan redirects forensic scientist Maureen Hartnett on the scope of her vehicle examination, the vehicle's condition when she saw it, evidence preservation, and hypotheticals about evidence placement, some of which were sustained.

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Prosecution calls Dr. Irini Scordi-Bello to testify about her autopsy findings on John O'Keefe, establishing cause of death as blunt impact injuries of head and hypothermia with manner undetermined.

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Defense attorney Alessi cross-examines Dr. Scordi-Bello on her autopsy methodology, challenging whether she adequately considered alternative explanations for John O'Keefe's injuries and manner of death.

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Robert Alessi continues cross-examining Dr. Scordi-Bello, challenging the hypothermia diagnosis by questioning pancreatic and gastric hemorrhage findings and establishing that facial injuries could not result from a backward fall.

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ADA Brennan rehabilitates Dr. Scordi-Bello on redirect by completing her truncated grand jury testimony about hypothermia findings and establishing the investigative information available to her before filing the death certificate.

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Defense argues Aperture's amended clock-drift report is a Rule 14 discovery violation; prosecution counters it responds to defense expert DiSogra's report and changes no underlying data.

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Defense argues Shanon Burgess's May 8th clock drift report is a Rule 14 violation requiring four days to address; Commonwealth contends nothing has changed in their timeline.

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Judge Cannone rules on the defense's motion regarding Burgess's updated clock drift report, denying claims of undue surprise while permitting broad cross-examination and limited rebuttal testimony from Dr. Welcher.

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Digital forensics expert Shanon Burgess testifies about recovering previously unacquired data from the Lexus infotainment SD card, identifying infotainment power on/off timestamps, and calculating clock variance between the Lexus and John O'Keefe's iPhone.

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Defense attorney Alessi challenged Burgess's degree representations, capacity-conversion errors affecting three chips in his protocol, and the timing and basis of his mid-trial supplemental report.

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Defense attorney Alessi continues cross-examining digital forensics expert Shanon Burgess, challenging his timeline accuracy, methodology choices, and the significance of TechStream trigger events.

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Prosecution rehabilitates Burgess on redirect, addressing credential criticism and defending his clock synchronization methodology over defense expert Dogra's approach.

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Robert Alessi confronts Shanon Burgess with a federal court filing from a Texas case containing an incorrect CV line without the 'currently pursuing' qualifier; Burgess later said he neither submitted nor saw the document before it was filed.

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Hank Brennan conducted brief re-redirect establishing that Burgess did not personally file the Texas federal court CV and that it listed a 2024 expected graduation date when filed in 2023.

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Neurosurgeon Dr. Aizik Wolf testifies that John O'Keefe's head injuries are consistent with a backwards fall onto a hard surface and that death would not have been immediate.

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Prosecution expert Judson Welcher presents accident reconstruction and biomechanical analysis, including vehicle data, photogrammetric analysis of Ring doorbell video, arm-laceration consistency with Lexus tail-light geometry, and hard-surface fall fracture tolerance; his ultimate opinion that Read's Lexus struck O'Keefe was stricken.

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Defense objects to prosecution expert Dr. Welcher offering an opinion on whether a collision occurred, arguing it invades the province of the jury. The court reserves ruling until the next morning.

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Judge Cannone rules on the scope of Dr. Welcher's expert testimony, allowing collision and injury consistency opinions but barring the conclusion that Read's Lexus struck O'Keefe. Housekeeping on exhibit slides follows before the jury enters.

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Welcher concludes direct examination with opinions that tail light damage is consistent with a collision if the impact was greater than approximately 8 mph, and that O'Keefe's injuries are consistent with being struck by a Lexus and contacting a hard surface such as frozen ground.

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Defense attorney Robert Alessi cross-examines prosecution expert Dr. Judson Welcher, challenging his methodology, potential confirmation bias, the absence of force calculations for the arm injuries, and the financial relationship between his firm Aperture and the Commonwealth.

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On brief redirect, Brennan elicited that Welcher did not use Trooper Paul's report or conclusions and used a photograph only as a demonstrative. Welcher also distinguished the autopsy information he considered—injury descriptions and blood, trauma, and hypothermia—from Scordi-Bello's accident, undetermined, or homicide conclusions.

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Judge Cannone rules against the defense's request to cross-examine Dr. Welcher about Trooper Paul's CARS analysis and Dr. Scordi-Bello's autopsy conclusions.

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Prosecutor Brennan conducts redirect of Dr. Welcher addressing camera replacement, suspension, force distribution, encrypted communications, and confirmation bias challenges raised during cross.

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The Commonwealth formally rests its case in Trial 2 after playing a final video clip of Karen Read's recorded statements, followed by Judge Cannone dismissing the jury for the day.

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Defense argues for required finding of not guilty under Rule 25(a), contending the Commonwealth failed to prove a collision occurred. Judge Cannone denies the motion on all three counts.

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Defense expert Matthew DiSogra reviews Aperture LLC's clock alignment analysis of Karen Read's Lexus data, concluding that 25 of 30 possible offset scenarios show John O'Keefe's phone lock occurred after the vehicle's Techstream event 1162-2.

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Prosecution cross-examines defense expert DiSogra on his qualifications, lack of independent testing, and the limitations of his critique of the Aperture clock alignment analyses.

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Prosecution challenges DiSogra's clock offset analysis, questioning whether key data points compare infotainment-to-iPhone or iPhone-to-iPhone timestamps, and whether his 3-second delay adjustment constitutes double-counting.

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Alan Jackson rehabilitates DiSogra on redirect, reinforcing that his clock alignment analysis was built entirely on Burgess's own data and labels. DiSogra testified that the January-report analysis showed the lock event occurred after the vehicle event in all of its scenarios, while the combined 30-scenario analysis yielded 25 after, two simultaneous, and three before.

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Hank Brennan recrossed Matthew DiSogra on his reliance on others' reports without independent verification and the limitations of the 10-second Techstream data window.

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Defense attorney Yannetti questions Jonathan Diamandis to authenticate a group text chain involving Michael Proctor and childhood friends, establishing the document's identity and accuracy; the unredacted chain is marked Exhibit N for identification.

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Judge hears arguments from Yannetti and Brennan on whether Michael Proctor's group text messages, authenticated through witness Jonathan Diamandis, should be admitted into evidence.

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Prosecutor Brennan walked Diamandis through Michael Proctor's inappropriate text messages about Karen Read and the investigation, then established that Proctor never discussed planting evidence, framing defendants, or tampering with evidence.

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Brennan's brief recross established that Diamandis did not know the specific basis for Proctor's firing, countering the redirect's implication about why Proctor was terminated.

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Boston Police Officer Kelly Dever, formerly with Canton Police, testifies about her observations from the dispatch room on January 29, 2022, including seeing Brian Higgins and Chief Berkowitz in the Sallyport with the SUV.

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On cross, Brennan elicited Dever's account of a defense-team call in which members became aggressive and one male member said they would charge her with perjury after she retracted her Sallyport memory.

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Jackson challenges Dever's claim that defense threatened her with perjury, confronts her with her prior statement about Higgins and Berkowitz in the Sallyport, and raises her friendship with Sarah Levinson and exposure to trial footage.

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On recross, Brennan asks Dever about the defense subpoena, the sequestration order, her friendship with Sarah Levinson, and her allegation that defense attorneys pressured her to repeat testimony she considered false.

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Brennan closes Dever's testimony by establishing she never told investigators that Higgins or Berkowitz tampered with evidence or framed anyone.

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Prosecution challenges Dr. Russell's qualifications as a dog bite expert and probes how she inserted herself into the case.

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Prosecutor Hank Brennan continues cross-examining defense expert Dr. Marie Russell, challenging her dog bite methodology, shifting opinions across hearings, and her basis for excluding a vehicle collision as the cause of O'Keefe's arm injuries.

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Defense moves for mistrial with prejudice after prosecution raises absence of dog DNA during cross-examination of Dr. Russell. Judge Cannone denies the motion.

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Prosecutor Brennan attempted to introduce Dr. John Walsh's medical examiner report through defense expert Russell after she disagreed with Walsh's assessment, but Judge Cannone excluded it.

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Brennan concluded cross-examination of Dr. Russell by examining her evidence review, including a telematics report she said postdated her original opinion and that she did not understand, while questioning DNA testing and tail light fragments.

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On recross, ADA Brennan challenged Dr. Russell's dog-bite opinion with a fatal-dog-bite study, eliciting her agreement that O'Keefe's arm lacks its three described features—punctures, lacerations, and avulsions—while Russell distinguished the study's fatal bites from the nonfatal bites she believed were at issue.

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Prosecutor Brennan challenges Sergeant Barros's memory reliability regarding tail light damage observations, establishing that his report lacked detail and his recollection of prior testimony was inaccurate.

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Defense attorney Jackson rehabilitates Sergeant Barros on redirect, reinforcing his clear memory of the tail light condition and addressing the prosecution's implications about the hotel meeting and witness bias.

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ADA Brennan conducts a brief recross in which Barros agrees that Brennan's closeup photograph of the missing right rear tail light is consistent with what he observed in Dighton.

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Brennan cross-examines Brian Loughran about distinct prior-statement timeline issues: a claimed Ford Edge sighting, a disputed emergency-vehicle account, and Loughran's correction of a Trial 1 5:30 estimate to 6:15 for a police-blocked approach; the examination also explores whether social media pressure from a pro-defense blogger influenced his testimony.

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ADA Brennan's recross established that Loughran's timeline was based on estimates from memory, not recorded times, and addressed 2023 media attention separately from Loughran's June 5, 2024 meeting with the defense investigator.

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ADA Brennan continued recross after a sidebar, challenging Loughran's observational reliability with dumpster evidence and extensively exploring harassment and media attention from pro-defense bloggers before and after Trial 1 testimony.

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Hank Brennan conducts a brief cross-examination of Karina Kolokithas, reinforcing the celebratory mood at the Waterfall bar and John O'Keefe's character as kind and generous.

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Dr. Wolfe described ARCCA testing and opined that the subject taillight and hoodie damage were inconsistent with the arm-impact and center-of-mass scenarios he tested.

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Brennan challenged Wolfe's independence, deleted communications, and the foundation and limits of ARCCA's taillight tests; a video of the test arm was marked as Exhibit No. 217.

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Wolfe defended the mechanics and clothing-damage conclusions of his testing, clarified he was not hired by an insurance company, and addressed arm-weight assumptions.

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The parties disputed questions about who hired ARCCA and whether they could imply an insurance-company connection; the judge halted the line until credibility is challenged.

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The parties disputed characterizations of ARCCA's relationship with the defense, and the judge limited direct examination to the March retention while barring references to the other hiring entity.

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The parties disputed whether the witness could criticize Dr. Welcher's work, and the judge required questions to compare scientific methods, data, and testing rather than assess the person.

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The court discussed the remaining defense-witness schedule, Dr. Rentschler's PowerPoint, and the timing and scope of materials for Dr. Welcher's testimony.

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The parties clarified that slide 51 showed an arm position from Dr. Welcher's experiment, not a claim about John O'Keefe's actual arm position.

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The parties disputed whether the witness should have independently corrected a prior mistake about experience, and the judge agreed the witness need not have volunteered it.

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The parties disputed whether cross-examination could use titles of studies cited in Dr. Rentschler's materials to test the witness's familiarity and foundation for an opinion.

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The parties discussed a redirect question asking whether ARCCA had been hired by an insurance company, with the Commonwealth stating it would not object if framed that way.

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Pre-testimony motions hearing addressing Commonwealth rebuttal witnesses, scope of Elizabeth Laposata's expert testimony on dog bites and pattern injuries, and admissibility of defense photographs of the 34 Fairview Road garage.

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ADA Brennan challenged Wolfe's use of a lighter crash test dummy arm and his lack of fabric research.

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On re-redirect, Jackson sought to address Brennan's arm-weight criticism by eliciting Wolfe's testimony that Dr. Welcher used the same 50th-percentile Hybrid III model in a drop test. Wolfe also repeated his 14 percent label from a symmetric percent-difference calculation for the 29 mph and 24 mph comparison and testified that, in his tests, no tail light fragment caused garment punctures, holes, or fraying.

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ADA Brennan challenged Wolfe on whether a shattering tail light striking an arm at 25 mph would embed fragments into the arm, pressing the physics of common velocity versus independent force.

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Defense moves for mistrial with prejudice after prosecutor Brennan showed Dr. Wolfe holes in the back of O'Keefe's hoodie, implying they resulted from the January 29 incident, when the holes were actually made by criminalist Hartnett during lab sampling. Judge denies mistrial but gives curative instruction.

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Voir dire examination of defense forensic pathology expert Dr. Elizabeth Laposata to establish her qualifications to testify on dog bite wound pattern recognition and motor vehicle pedestrian injury analysis.

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Judge Cannone ruled on the scope of Dr. Laposata's testimony after voir dire, excluding her opinions on dog bite wounds and limiting her motor vehicle strike analysis.

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Prosecution cross-examines defense investigator John Tedman about his measurements at 34 Fairview Road, establishing that round-trip distances to each door exceed 130-156 feet and that alternate routes from the flag pole area exceed 80 feet.

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Judge Cannone and attorneys resolved which photographs from Dr. Laposata's report could be admitted, discussed scheduling for Dr. Rentschler's testimony and Commonwealth rebuttal witnesses, and addressed upcoming motions.

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Pre-testimony motions hearing where defense argues Commonwealth opened the door to Dr. Laposata's dog bite testimony through cross-examination of Dr. Russell, and the court rules on photograph exhibits.

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Prosecutor Hank Brennan cross-examines defense forensic pathologist Dr. Elizabeth Laposata, challenging her 15-minute death timeline, her qualifications on brain injury progression, and her dismissal of vehicle-related evidence.

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Court hears arguments on cross-examination scope for Dr. Laposata and objections to Dr. Rentschler's PowerPoint presentation slides.

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Brennan continues cross-examination of Dr. Laposata, challenging her qualifications, methodology, and opinions on hypothermia and injury causation.

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ADA Hank Brennan cross-examines defense biomechanical expert Dr. Andrew Rentschler, challenging his independence, methodology, credentials, and failure to account for physical evidence found at the scene.

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On brief recross, Hank Brennan asked whether O'Keefe could have been clipped rather than struck more fully; Rentschler said he did not believe the evidence indicated that occurred.

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End-of-day motions session covering the Commonwealth's objection to Dr. Rentschler's PowerPoint admission, exhibit numbering for sweatshirt evidence, a conditional no-rebuttal announcement after the defense rests, and scheduling closings for Friday.

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Prosecutor Hank Brennan delivers the Commonwealth's closing argument, presenting the timeline evidence, black box data, and Karen Read's own statements as proof she struck John O'Keefe with her Lexus and left him to die.

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Judge Cannone and counsel formulate answers to three jury deliberation questions and finalize amendments to the verdict slip.

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The jury returns its verdict: not guilty of murder and leaving the scene, guilty of OUI. Judge Cannone sentences Karen Read to one year probation with the 24D program.

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