During a brief hearing Wednesday morning, attorneys representing Karen Read and special prosecutor Hank Brennan told a judge Read‘s retrial must be delayed to ensure that Read’s trial is fair and that both sides are prepared.

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