Will Karen Read regret this interview? Commonwealth Rests. Who will Defense Call first? | Case Brief

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🗓️ 30 May 2025

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Day 23 of the Karen Read Retrial happened on May 29, 2025. Judge Cannone ruled against allowing the defense to question Dr. Welcher further about Trooper Paul and Dr. Irini Scordi-Bello. The definition of "rely" and its implications in questioning witnesses were discussed. Dr. Welcher remained on the stand for the duration of the half-day session. The defense was allowed to cross-examine the Commonwealth's new accident reconstruction expert about what they relied on from the previous expert, but not necessarily all of their opinions. The defense would have to call Trooper Paul themselves.

Dr. Welcher was questioned about the suspension system and height variance of the Lexus were discussed, the 3D modeling process, and about the glass on the bumper that the expert's assumptions was that it was inclusive. Cross-examination concluded after the morning break.

The Commonwealth rested its case, and the Defense will argue their motion to dismiss on Day 24 and call their first witness, their tech expert, Matthew DiSogra.

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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.
0:10.4	Good morning, good morning, good morning. It's Thursday, May 29th. It's day 23 of 6,897 of the Karen Reed retrial. We are in week six.
0:24.0	Yesterday when we left off, there had been a voir dire very quickly to deal with whether or not the defense would be able to ask Dr.
0:29.8	Welter more questions about Dr. Scordy Bello, the coroner, and about Trooper Paul. And if you
0:36.8	watch today's case brief, you will see that we
0:39.2	took a look at the things that I thought I remembered from where things were placed on Trooper Paul's
0:45.3	layout versus where things were placed on Dr. Welchers layout. And did he rely on Trooper Paul? And what does
0:52.4	reliance even mean? Emily, our lawyer's going to fight over what the word rely means? A hundred percent. Does rely mean that he made his decision based on that decision? Does rely mean he looked at those pictures? Does rely mean that that's where he got the location of items from? Does rely mean that that's where he got the photos of the inside of the car or the
1:12.4	mileage from? What does rely on it mean? Even if he came to independent determinations with
1:19.3	independent testing, were there still parts of what Trooper Paul did that he relied on, allowing
1:24.6	the defense to then ask more about Trooper Paul's report.
1:29.3	I want to see how the court rules because this witness is probably going to be on the stand
1:33.3	at least the rest of today. Remember, today is a half day, so no lunch in court today, just
1:38.3	a quick morning break and a half day. And then will this witness be done today? I don't know. I really don't know if this witness
1:47.0	is going to be done today. We might go into tomorrow and tomorrow is supposed to be a full day in
1:51.7	court. We'll see if that changes. I'm not allowing in the line of questioning regarding
1:56.0	trooper Paul and I'm not allowing the line of questioning regarding Dr. Scortie Bella. Wow. So that's my ruling. Let's bring the jury in.
2:06.8	Well, come over here because they're on your way.
2:11.9	And the court ruled immediately that there was no allowance for a line of questioning regarding Trooper Paul and no allowance for a line of questioning regarding
2:19.0	Trooper Paul and no allowance for a line of questioning regarding Dr. Scortie
2:24.9	Bello. I think that it is fair game to cross-examine the Commonwealth's new
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