The judge denied a motion to delay the start of the retrial. The Karen Read trial holds a hearing. The defense has filed a motion to push back the trial until the end of April. This coming as Read's team is appealing a federal court ruling.

But should the appeals court take action, Jackson argued Tuesday, “that would set the trial into upheaval.” In a motion filed Wednesday, Read’s lawyers suggested pushing her

Read is accused of hitting her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him to die after a night of drinking.