“It was a reflection of how good of a leader he is,” Dever said of Cox.

Read was convicted of drunken driving, however, for which she will face a year’s probation.

A notice of Karen Read’s dismissal motion was filed in Plymouth Superior Court on Wednesday, according to legal filings.

Prominent attorney Hank Brennan was paid more than half a million dollars to serve as a special prosecutor in the retrial of Karen Read, who was acquitted last month of charges she killed her Boston p...