{"id":7181,"date":"2026-08-22T22:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T22:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=7181"},"modified":"2026-08-22T22:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T22:08:11","slug":"judge-denies-karmelo-anthonys-request-for-new-trial-in-austin-metcalf-murder-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=7181","title":{"rendered":"Judge denies Karmelo Anthony’s request for new trial in Austin Metcalf murder case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Convicted killer Karmelo Anthony\u2019s bid for a retrial was shot down by a Texas judge Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Anthony\u2019s lawyers argued that the June trial was compromised due to strict courtroom rules, and improper instructions to the jury. They also clashed with prosecutors over an agreement to focus on events leading up to the fatal stabbing.<\/p>\n

Anthony, 19, was found guilty of murder on June 9 and sentenced to 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing another high school student, Austin Metcalf, at a high school track meet near Dallas.<\/p>\n

The teen murderer scored a legal win following his conviction by getting the original Judge John Roach tossed from the case after he told a reporter \u00a0with a local outlet that jurors \u201cgot it right\u201d when they convicted Anthony.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, they did, whatever they say, they got it right,\u201d Roach told WFAA TV.<\/p>\n

Anthony, who did not testify in his murder trial, claimed to have acted in self-defense when he stabbed Metcalf, 17, inside a tent at the April 2025 track meet.<\/p>\n

The stabbing occurred after Metcalf told Anthony to leave the tent, which belonged to his high school.<\/p>\n

Anthony sat under the Memorial High School tent which was erected beneath the bleachers at the meet that multiple high schools were taking part in when Metcalf and other students repeatedly told him to leave.<\/p>\n

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