After closing arguments concluded, Judge Beverly Cannone called for a lunch recess at 12:35 p.m. In the afternoon, Cannone will give the jury their instructions before they begin their deliberations.

Closing arguments are underway Friday in the murder trial of Karen Read, who is accused of backing her SUV into her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, and leaving him for dead.

Judge Beverly Cannone gave jurors in Karen Read’s second murder trial the day off Thursday, as lawyers look to hash out the final details of the criminal proceedings.