BOSTON (WPRI) — Karen Read's second murder trial is slated to begin with jury selection next week. Read is accused of ramming into her then-boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm in January 2022. She has been charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter a nd leaving the scene of a crime. Read's first murder trial ended in a mistrial last July after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict. Judge Beverly Cannone expects jury selection for the second murder trial to take quite some time because it is such a high-profile case. Prosecutors attempted to legally gain access to some attorney-client communications between Read and one of her lawyers. Special Prosecutor Hank Brennan argued that Read gave up her attorney-client privilege by discussing her communication with her lawyer David Yannetti in public interviews, including for the recently-released Max docuseries "A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read." RELATED: Karen Read’s defense explains contact with crash reconstruction experts "She said, 'And then when I hired David Yannetti, I asked him those questions the night of Jan. 29. Like, David, what if — I don't know — what if I ran his foot over? And David said, 'yeah, then you have some element of culpability,'" Brennan quoted. But Cannone shut Brennan's request down. "I'm not going to give you that information," Cannone said. "I don't think it's appropriate." The defense argued that handing over those communications would have larger implications. "It should unsettle every criminal defense attorney in this Commonwealth," Read's other defense attorney Robert Alessi said. Read's defense team argues that she has been framed to protect the three men who are believed to be involved in O'Keefe's death. Those men include Brian Albert, a Boston officer who owned a home near where O'Keefe's body was found, his nephew Colin Albert, and Brian Higgins, an ATF agent who exchanged flirty text messages with Read. "Each one of them had a motive and an opportunity to harm John O'Keefe," Yannetti said. SEE ALSO: Former Karen Read investigator fired by Mass. State Police Brennan disputes those claims. "There's no overwhelming evidence or any evidence he went into the house," Brennan said of O'Keefe. "There's no evidence or motive on any of these three people they identified." "There is, I believe, a certain amount of gaslighting going on here, in that on one side of his mouth, he talks about how he wants Read to have a fair trial, but we've spent weeks where he's just trying to knock out our evidence," he continued. More than 200 potential jurors are being called in for selection next Tuesday, where each one will be required to fill out a questionnaire. READ MORE: Karen Read murder trial Download the WPRI 12 and Pinpoint Weather 12 apps to get breaking news and weather alerts. Watch 12 News Now on WPRI.com or with the new 12+ smart TV app. Follow us on social media:                     Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily Roundup SIGN UP NOW ...read more read less