The judge in Karen Read's second trial ruled that the defense will not be allowed to blame Colin Albert as part of their third-party culprit defense.

Karen Read's defense may be barred from accusing others of causing John O'Keefe's death in their opening statement.

Prosecutors made the request in a motion filed Friday in Norfolk Superior Court, where opening statements in Karen Read’s retrial are slated for Tuesday.

While Karen Read may raise a third-party culprit defense when her retrial begins next month, she can’t try to pin her boyfriend’s death on witness Colin Albert, Judge Beverly Cannone ruled Monday.

The countdown is on to Karen Read's second murder trial, and she and her lawyers were back at Norfolk Superior Court ...

Read’s defense has claimed all three were involved in a fight with O’Keefe where he sustained fatal injuries. While the defense will be able to develop their theory, Cannone ruled they cannot include ...

Karen Read’s lawyers can try to argue ‘third-party culprit defense’ involving Brian Albert, Brian Higgins: Judge Beverly Cannone rules ...

But she ruled the evidence presented by Read's team is “insufficient to support a preliminary finding that Colin Albert had the motive, intent, and opportunity to commit the crime.” ...

The selection process is expected to take several weeks. Another difference in this trial is that Colin Albert, Brian’s nephew who claims to have left his uncle’s house before O’Keefe’s ...

THEY SAY THEY CANNOT RULE COLIN ALBERT AS A THIRD PARTY CULPRIT, SAYING THERE IS NO EVIDENCE ALBERT WAS EVER IN THE HOUSE WHERE JOHN O’KEEFE DIED. THE JUDGE ALSO RULING THAT RETIRED FBI SPECIAL ...

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