Choices on key points in Karen Learn homicide trial anticipated this week

A listening to is underway Tuesday within the case of Karen Learn, the Massachusetts lady accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend.Learn, 44, of Mansfield, is accused of hitting her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, along with her SUV outdoors a Canton house on Jan. 29, 2022, and leaving him to die in a snowstorm following an evening of ingesting at two bars.Learn’s protection has lengthy argued that she was the sufferer of a coverup and that different regulation enforcement officers have been answerable for O’Keefe’s demise.Reside Updates from Courtroom10:14 a.m. Brennan says he doesn’t plan to name Crosby as a direct witness, however solely as a rebuttal witness in case the protection once more makes use of Russell as an professional. (The prosecution had beforehand challenged Russell as professional, however the choose dominated she will be able to testify.) 10:11 a.m. “Dr Crosby is nicely acknowledged within the subject,” Brennan says. He says Crosby’s methodology is “particular” and “detailed”. Says Crosby concluded O’Keefe’s wounds are “wholly inconsistent” with canine chew. 10:04 a.m. Alessi concludes his argument. Particular prosecutor Hank Brennan begins his. Brennan says, not like Russell, Crosby has beforehand testified as an professional in “quite a few” courtroom instances. Brennan says Crosby has submitted a “complete” checklist of the books and different supplies he has studied and used to succeed in his conclusions about O’Keefe’s arm accidents. Brennan says there is no such thing as a rule that an professional in instances like this have to be a medical physician. 9:50 a.m. Alessi says the protection’s personal dog-bite professional, retired ER doctor Dr. Marie Russell, discovered a number of “errors” in Crosby’s report, together with, Alessi says, that Crosby did not contemplate that an individual normally strikes their arm whereas being bitten by a canine. 9:42 a.m. Alessi says Crosby concluded that the marks weren’t the results of a canine chew, however slightly from contact with a “sharp object.” (Prosecution claims the marks have been brought on by fragments from Learn’s SUV taillight.) Alessi says Crosby supplies “zero” assist for the methodology he used to succeed in his claims. Says he cites no research to again up his methodology. Says Crosby’s report consists of no footnotes. 9:40 a.m. Alessi says Crosby took measurements of a canine “presupposed to be Chloe” and in contrast them to the marks on O’Keefe’s arms. (Chloe is the German Shepherd that lived in the home the place O’Keefe was discovered useless.) 9:33 a.m. Crosby is canine habits professional. The prosecution plans to have him testify in regards to the marks on John O’Keefe’s arms to refute the protection’s declare that they’re canine chew wounds. Alessi says Crosby will not be certified and his evaluation methodology will not be confirmed. 9:31 a.m. Particular prosecutor declines to make any further touch upon this matter. The choose makes no ruling. She strikes on to a different movement, a protection movement to exclude prosecution professional witness James Crosby. 9:29 a.m. Alessi says he discovered that the bill had been paid a day earlier than the Feb 18 listening to. Alessi says he was planning to disclose that the ARCCA bill was paid earlier than the choose requested him the query. Alessi says he’s answerable for all people on the protection group, however he says he has a distinct perspective than the choose on this level. The choose says, “I am not going to ask different counsel.” 9:26 a.m. Choose asks why did not the protection produce a report of fee on the similar time it produced an bill from ARCCA. Choose says she did not know the protection had paid ARCCA till she requested Alessi in courtroom final week. 9:23 a.m. Choose asks protection legal professional Robert Alessi in regards to the “pause e-mail” that one of many ARCCA witnesses, Daniel Wolfe, despatched to Alan Jackson forward of Learn’s first trial. On the time, Wolfe instructed the protection he wanted steerage from the US Lawyer’s Workplace. 9:11 a.m. The choose enters. She says they may start by discussing prosecution’s movement to exclude ARCCA witnesses. She says they may also talk about the protection’s request to delay dialogue of the movement to dismiss. 9:10 a.m. A pre-trial listening to is about to get underway. We anticipate to listen to arguments in regards to the protection’s movement to dismiss all prices primarily based on “extraordinary governmental misconduct.” We may be taught if any protection attorneys are sanctioned for alleged misconduct. Choose Beverly Cannone has heard from either side about three key points raised forward of Learn’s homicide trial, which is predicted to start subsequent month. The primary — did Karen Learn’s legal professionals commit misconduct? Throughout final week’s listening to, protection attorneys admitted paying practically $24,000 to witnesses from ARCCA, which provides accident reconstruction evaluation. The protection beforehand stated the consultants have been fully unbiased.Attorneys stated the fee was made after they testified that O’Keefe’s accidents weren’t brought on by Learn’s SUV. If the choose does discover misconduct, she should determine on punishment. Among the many choices out there are fines, report the legal professionals to the bar that oversees their licenses or kick them off the case.Cannone can also be deciding if the 2 witnesses can testify once more on the second trial. The choose can also be anticipated to debate the protection’s newest movement to dismiss all prices. Learn’s legal professionals declare surveillance video of her SUV at Canton police was deliberately flipped. The prosecution stated it was as a result of digital camera’s settings, and two different movies from the identical digital camera that have been taken weeks earlier have been additionally inverted.Learn’s first trial on three prices started in April 2024 and resulted in a mistrial on July 1. Learn additionally filed a movement to dismiss the case earlier than the beginning of that trial, nonetheless, the movement was denied.The beginning of her second trial is scheduled for April 1.Video beneath: Choose deciding how case ought to transfer ahead

DEDHAM, Mass. —

A listening to is underway Tuesday within the case of Karen Learn, the Massachusetts lady accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend.

Learn, 44, of Mansfield, is accused of hitting her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, along with her SUV outdoors a Canton house on Jan. 29, 2022, and leaving him to die in a snowstorm following an evening of ingesting at two bars.

Learn’s protection has lengthy argued that she was the sufferer of a coverup and that different regulation enforcement officers have been answerable for O’Keefe’s demise.

Reside Updates from Courtroom

10:14 a.m. Brennan says he doesn’t plan to name Crosby as a direct witness, however solely as a rebuttal witness in case the protection once more makes use of Russell as an professional. (The prosecution had beforehand challenged Russell as professional, however the choose dominated she will be able to testify.)
10:11 a.m. “Dr Crosby is nicely acknowledged within the subject,” Brennan says. He says Crosby’s methodology is “particular” and “detailed”. Says Crosby concluded O’Keefe’s wounds are “wholly inconsistent” with canine chew.
10:04 a.m. Alessi concludes his argument. Particular prosecutor Hank Brennan begins his. Brennan says, not like Russell, Crosby has beforehand testified as an professional in “quite a few” courtroom instances. Brennan says Crosby has submitted a “complete” checklist of the books and different supplies he has studied and used to succeed in his conclusions about O’Keefe’s arm accidents. Brennan says there is no such thing as a rule that an professional in instances like this have to be a medical physician.
9:50 a.m. Alessi says the protection’s personal dog-bite professional, retired ER doctor Dr. Marie Russell, discovered a number of “errors” in Crosby’s report, together with, Alessi says, that Crosby did not contemplate that an individual normally strikes their arm whereas being bitten by a canine.
9:42 a.m. Alessi says Crosby concluded that the marks weren’t the results of a canine chew, however slightly from contact with a “sharp object.” (Prosecution claims the marks have been brought on by fragments from Learn’s SUV taillight.) Alessi says Crosby supplies “zero” assist for the methodology he used to succeed in his claims. Says he cites no research to again up his methodology. Says Crosby’s report consists of no footnotes.
9:40 a.m. Alessi says Crosby took measurements of a canine “presupposed to be Chloe” and in contrast them to the marks on O’Keefe’s arms. (Chloe is the German Shepherd that lived in the home the place O’Keefe was discovered useless.)
9:33 a.m. Crosby is canine habits professional. The prosecution plans to have him testify in regards to the marks on John O’Keefe’s arms to refute the protection’s declare that they’re canine chew wounds. Alessi says Crosby will not be certified and his evaluation methodology will not be confirmed.
9:31 a.m. Particular prosecutor declines to make any further touch upon this matter. The choose makes no ruling. She strikes on to a different movement, a protection movement to exclude prosecution professional witness James Crosby.
9:29 a.m. Alessi says he discovered that the bill had been paid a day earlier than the Feb 18 listening to. Alessi says he was planning to disclose that the ARCCA bill was paid earlier than the choose requested him the query. Alessi says he’s answerable for all people on the protection group, however he says he has a distinct perspective than the choose on this level. The choose says, “I am not going to ask different counsel.”
9:26 a.m. Choose asks why did not the protection produce a report of fee on the similar time it produced an bill from ARCCA. Choose says she did not know the protection had paid ARCCA till she requested Alessi in courtroom final week.
9:23 a.m. Choose asks protection legal professional Robert Alessi in regards to the “pause e-mail” that one of many ARCCA witnesses, Daniel Wolfe, despatched to Alan Jackson forward of Learn’s first trial. On the time, Wolfe instructed the protection he wanted steerage from the US Lawyer’s Workplace.
9:11 a.m. The choose enters. She says they may start by discussing prosecution’s movement to exclude ARCCA witnesses. She says they may also talk about the protection’s request to delay dialogue of the movement to dismiss.
9:10 a.m. A pre-trial listening to is about to get underway. We anticipate to listen to arguments in regards to the protection’s movement to dismiss all prices primarily based on “extraordinary governmental misconduct.” We may be taught if any protection attorneys are sanctioned for alleged misconduct.

Choose Beverly Cannone has heard from either side about three key points raised forward of Learn’s homicide trial, which is predicted to start subsequent month.

The primary — did Karen Learn’s legal professionals commit misconduct? Throughout final week’s listening to, protection attorneys admitted paying practically $24,000 to witnesses from ARCCA, which provides accident reconstruction evaluation. The protection beforehand stated the consultants have been fully unbiased.

Attorneys stated the fee was made after they testified that O’Keefe’s accidents weren’t brought on by Learn’s SUV.

If the choose does discover misconduct, she should determine on punishment. Among the many choices out there are fines, report the legal professionals to the bar that oversees their licenses or kick them off the case.

Cannone can also be deciding if the 2 witnesses can testify once more on the second trial.

The choose can also be anticipated to debate the protection’s newest movement to dismiss all prices. Learn’s legal professionals declare surveillance video of her SUV at Canton police was deliberately flipped.

The prosecution stated it was as a result of digital camera’s settings, and two different movies from the identical digital camera that have been taken weeks earlier have been additionally inverted.

Learn’s first trial on three prices started in April 2024 and resulted in a mistrial on July 1. Learn additionally filed a movement to dismiss the case earlier than the beginning of that trial, nonetheless, the movement was denied.

The beginning of her second trial is scheduled for April 1.

Video beneath: Choose deciding how case ought to transfer ahead