Mistrial Motion. Misleading Questions. Voir Dire and a disjointed day in court | Case Brief

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🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Day 29 of the Karen Read Retrial happened on June 9, 2025. On week 8 of the trial, will the jury get the case this week to deliberate?

Special Prosecutor, Hanke Brennan, asks Dr. Wolfe, the Director of Accident Reconstruction at ARCCA, about the appearance of holes on the back of Mr. O'Keefe's hoodie and whether these holes are consistent with road rash or other damage. He asked him if he'd ever consider if Mr. O'Keefe may have fallen or landed on his back. Dr. Wolf stated he did not consider whether Mr. O'Keefe had fallen or landed on his back.

Defense Attorney, Robert Alessi, asked for a Mistrial with Prejudice due to Intentional Misconduct by the prosecution regarding questioning about the hoodie and its damage. The defense argued the prosecution intentionally left out evidence about the holes on the back of the hoodie being clippings from the crime lab. The judge did not grant a mistrial but agreed to instructed the jury to disregard the questions and give a strong admonishment about the prosecution. When it came time to it, the Judge did not give a strong admonishment or admit the pictures into evidence. At the end of the day, the defense said that they will address this the following day.

A Voir Dire of Dr. Laposata was conducted and Judge Cannone ruled she cannot testify that the wounds on John O'Keefe's arm were from a dog, but she will be able to testify about the original opinions about the cause and manner of death. Direct Examination continues on Day 30.

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What You Need to Know About the Retrial - https://youtu.be/89Jpa8vz1RQ

Karen Read Retrial Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbUyvZas7gKOJlfL__9F027hlETVU-vo

Karen Read Trial - 2024 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbUyvZas7gKUeCUzApgsEuQRXu5IXeTS

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0:00.0	Welcome back. It's time for a case brief, keeping you in the loop with the cases you care about most, just more briefly.
0:05.2	If you want the full coverage, it's linked in the description below. But for now, let's get into it.
0:10.3	It's Monday, June 9th. It is day 29. 29 of the Karen Reed retrial. And the question looming large is, is this the last week of trial?
0:24.6	It very well may be.
0:26.5	Are we going to see the jury get this case for deliberation?
0:30.6	They were told eight weeks and then they're told, well, we can't tell you how long deliberations will take, but eight weeks for us to give the case to you, is that going to be some time this week?
0:43.3	Because we know the defense only have a few witnesses left that we anticipate them calling.
0:48.2	So it very well may go to the jury on Friday.
0:51.8	One of the things that has stuck out to me from last week's testimony
0:55.8	from Dr. Wolf, who will resume the stand this morning after they're done with arguments, whenever
0:59.9	they're done with arguments, after they're done with all of that, was about the gasketing
1:06.0	of the taillight. I'm still stuck here. The gasketing of the tail light was so interesting to me that we have
1:12.6	finally heard definitively where the bumpy, clear plastic came from, which is the interior pieces
1:19.8	of the tail light. I was like, what? I was shook. Two trials, eight weeks,
1:28.5	and we finally hear that the inside portion
1:31.5	of the taillight is what that plastic came from
1:34.0	and that two layers of tail light have to be broken
1:37.8	to get there.
1:39.0	It's not just the outer red layer of plastic
1:41.8	that was broken or a polycarbonate or acrylic or whatever he called it.
1:45.7	Wild, wild stuff.
1:47.5	Thank you, by the way, for making this the number one place to watch live trials.
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