Karen Read, accused of fatally hitting her boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV during a snowstorm in January 2022, has appealed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court after a judge refused to dismiss two of three charges against her. Following a mistrial declared in July due to a deadlocked jury, Read's attorneys argue that retrying her on the charges would violate double jeopardy protections. The defense claims jurors had reached a consensus of innocence on the more serious charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident, which the judge disputed, stating they did not formally communicate their verdicts. A retrial is currently scheduled for January 2025, while Read describes her situation as a form of 'purgatory' and expresses daily stress over the case. Prosecutors maintain that both Read and O’Keefe were heavily intoxicated before the incident, while the defense contends that investigators focused on Read as a convenient scapegoat.