David Iannetti
Appearances
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Before any trial has occurred, he called the defense theory in this case, quote, a false narrative. Before any trial has occurred, he announced his opinion that nobody within the home at 34 Fairview participated in any murder or any cover up. Before any trial, he vouched for the credibility of Commonwealth witnesses Jennifer McCabe, Matthew McCabe, and Brian Albert.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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He announced that those witnesses were forthcoming. In other words, truthful. Before any trial has occurred, D.A. Morrissey announced that the defense theory is, quote, a desperate attempt to reassign guilt, end quote. Given those broad statements of Mr. Morrissey's opinion that Karen Reid is guilty,
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Can you believe that the DA in their opposition to this motion had the audacity to claim that DA Morrissey's words were narrowly tailored to the harassment of witnesses? It goes without saying, but your words are not narrowly tailored if you're a prosecutor vouching for the credibility of witnesses, particularly after a judge told you not to do that.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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DA Morrissey announced every potential juror in Norfolk County not that someone charged with a crime is innocent until proven guilty. The words innocent until proven guilty never came out of his mouth.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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DA Morrissey has an interest in this case not to do justice, but to win. My client deserves a neutral, impartial prosecutor, and it's crystal clear we do not have that in Michael Morrissey.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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There's information and evidence that's been provided by the federal authorities, which deals with the egregious conduct of both the district attorney and his investigators and the police.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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We are entitled to explore whether this investigation was conducted correctly and ethically. The records are relevant because they tend to show a cover-up. They are relevant because they show a Canton police officer inserting himself into a case in which his department was conflicted out precisely because he was an officer there. We need these records.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Going to trial without them would violate my client's rights.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Brian Higgins did testify before the federal grand jury. And at that time, he was specifically asked if on January 29th of 2022, he made any phone calls when he got home. He said that he did not. He testified that he lived alone. He testified that he was alone that night. He testified there was nobody else in his bedroom.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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He testified that when he went to bed, he placed his phone on the bedside table. After making those admissions, he was confronted by a federal prosecutor with his phone records. Those records revealed that Brian Albert called Brian Higgins at 2.22 in the morning on January 29.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Those records reveal, moreover, that 17 seconds later, Brian Higgins called Brian Albert back, and that call lasted for 22 seconds. Now, when he was first confronted, Brian Higgins first tried to claim that it had to have been a butt dial. That term butt dial is used by many of the Commonwealth's witnesses to explain the many calls between them and among them.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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And I've never seen a case where there have been so many butt dials, to be frank. But Mr. Higgins was already locked in. He already testified his phone was on the bedside table. His butt was in the bed. The phone was in the table. There was no possibility of a butt dial.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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John O'Keefe's injuries are consistent with having been in a fight and are not consistent with having been hit by a car. So therefore, if John O'Keefe was not hit by a car, that means that Karen Reid did not kill him. And we know that John O'Keefe did not die of natural causes. This was not a heart attack or a stroke. John O'Keefe was injured. He was mortally injured.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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If he was not hit by a car, as both our expert and FBI confirmed, then he was attacked. And if he was not hit by a car, then there is a third party culprit or culprits.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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So by asking this court to prohibit the defense from introducing evidence that others had the motive, opportunity and the means to attack John O'Keefe, the Commonwealth is essentially asking this court to prohibit Karen Reid from being able to defend herself.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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It is not our job to solve this case for the prosecution. It's our contention. They had the opportunity to do that, but they failed. It is not our job to name a specific third-party culprit. We do not have to prove that Brian Albert or Colin Albert or Brian Higgins or some combination of them intended to kill John O'Keefe.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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We don't have to prove that any of them attacked John O'Keefe such that he eventually died. They have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they didn't. But the fact of the matter is there is evidence that all three of them had a motive.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Because the Alberts were involved and because they had close connections to the investigators in this case, Karen Reed was framed for a murder she did not commit.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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The first time you've mentioned to anybody that that object was five to six feet long was yesterday to this jury two and a half years after you supposedly saw it, correct?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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I've been practicing criminal law as both a prosecutor and a defense attorney for over 30 years now. Never have I seen such unethical conduct from a prosecutor. And now we are here with a motion to disqualify Mr. Morrissey from further prosecuting this case because he has a personal interest in the outcome.