{"id":6941,"date":"2026-08-19T16:39:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6941"},"modified":"2026-08-19T16:39:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:39:24","slug":"karmelo-anthony-scores-huge-legal-victory-as-judge-who-oversaw-murder-conviction-gets-booted-from-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6941","title":{"rendered":"Karmelo Anthony scores huge legal victory as judge who oversaw murder conviction gets booted from case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Convicted murderer Karmelo Anthony\u2019s legal team scored a major victory Wednesday, successfully getting the judge who presided over his trial in June booted from his appeal.<\/p>\n

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Anthony\u2019s new lawyers argued Judge John Roach, who oversaw the initial trial, should be recused from presiding over the appeal because of an interview he gave to local station WFAA-TV after the trial.<\/p>\n

Roach said Anthony seemed like a \u201cnice young man\u201d but said the jury made the right call convicted him of murder.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as I follow the law, I sleep well at night,\u201d he admitted.<\/p>\n

Anthony\u2019s lawyers seized on the moment, accusing Roach of giving \u201cpublic comment about an impending proceeding,\u201d which should have resulted in an \u201cautomatic recusal\u201d \u2013 even claiming he violated judicial ethics.<\/p>\n

Senior Judge Sid Harle granted the defense team\u2019s motion, acknowledging that recusal is a \u201cvery high bar,\u201d and stating that although he personally believes Roach was capable of presiding over the case impartially, \u201cthat\u2019s not \u2018the test.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Bill Wirskye vehemently protested the decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe didn\u2019t do anything wrong. I know Judge Roach. What is important to Judge Roach is being fair.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wirskye then called out what he called a \u201cconcerted effort\u201d from \u201csocial media and influencers\u201d to disrupt the trial.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of them are here today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Anthony, 18, was found guilty of murdering Austin Metcalf, 17, after a spat over seating under a tent at a track and field meet in Frisco, Texas in April 2025.<\/p>\n

The dispute began when Metcalf, who is white, told Anthony, who was an interloper in the team tent, to go somewhere else.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the latest on Karmelo Anthony\u2019s murder conviction:<\/h2>\n