Attorneys held one final hearing in the Karen Read trial Thursday with Judge Beverly Cannone, setting the stage for closing arguments and the start of deliberations on Friday in the high-profile trial.

Karen Read’s defense saved her strongest witness for last, experts tell Fox News Digital, bringing in Dr. Andrew Rentschler to try to debunk the prosecution’s claims about how her boyfriend, Boston cop John O’Keefe, died.

Lawyers in the second murder trial of Karen Read are set to give their closing arguments after weeks of testimony.

Tuesday marks Day 30 of witness testimony in Read’s second trial. Attorneys are expected to argue motions, including what the defense’s next ARCCA witness will be allowed to testify before Dr. Elizabeth Laposata returns to the stand.

Karen Read’s retrial in connection with the 2022 death of her Boston Police Officer boyfriend John O'Keefe begins Tuesday, April 1 John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty The Massachusetts ...

The defense in the second trial of Karen Read has rested its case, saying Read was framed for the killing of her Boston police officer boyfriend. Read faces murder and other charges for the death

Judge Beverly Cannone has rejected a motion to delay the start of Karen Read’s retrial date, despite the prosecution ... do that,” she said during a pre-trial hearing Thursday.

Judge Beverly Cannone also denied the defense team’s motion for a mistrial based on what Read’s lawyers called “intentional misconduct” from prosecutor Hank Brennan.

Aperture, the company Welcher works for, created digital images of O’Keefe’s driveway as part of their analysis of whether Read’s SUV could’ve been cracked when it backed up into O’Keefes Chevrolet the morning he died.