A judge has taken a joint motion from prosecutors and the defense team for the retrial of Karen Read to be pushed back to April under advisement. Read is a Mansfield woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend,

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