The judge, Beverly Cannone, granted a joint motion late last year from both prosecutors and Read’s defense to delay the second trial from its original start date of Jan. 27. In that motion, they asked for an April 1 trial date, but when Cannone granted the motion she asked both sides to offer a new schedule for the case.

In a series of motions filed over the last few weeks in preparation for Karen Read's second trial, prosecutors have told the court they want certain defense crash reconstruction experts excluded from testifying again.

Dr. Marie Russell previously testified that the holes found in John O’Keefe’s hoodie and the wounds to his arm were from a dog.