Brennan filed a motion seeking William Read‘s phone records from the night O‘Keefe died. In a response motion, Read’s lawyers call the request a “fishing expedition” and said prosecutors already have records of calls between Kareen Read and her father from her phone.

The new attorney appointed to prosecute Karen Read made his courtroom debut in a decidedly swift motions hearing Wednesday in which both sides argued a medley of trial-prep issues. It was the first time the case has met at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham since defense attorneys argued in August that two of the three charges against Read — including the charge of second-degree murder — should be dropped in the trial taking place next year.

Both the prosecution and the defense in the Karen Read murder case argued Wednesday to postpone her retrial from Jan. 27<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

Karen Read appeared in court Wednesday as attorneys from both sides of the aisle requested her re-trial for the alleged murder of her cop boyfriend be delayed until April — with prosecutors arguing they intended to “substantially” reduce the number of witnesses on this go-around.