The defense also presented several motions, including a request to bar certain prosecution witnesses from the courtroom during closing arguments.

Karen Read’s defense team appealed the judge’s decision not to delay the start of her retrial. That appeal has been denied.<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

BOSTON – A federal judge has denied Karen Read's request to delay her trial. Attorneys for Karen Read had filed a petition in federal court requesting a delay in the start of her retrial after Norfolk Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone denied a defense motion this week to delay the case.