North Texas (KWTX/AP) – Judge Michael Chitty on Saturday denied a new trial for Karmelo Anthony, the young man convicted in the murder of Austin Metcalf, according to Fox 4 Dallas.
Anthony, now 19, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison after a suburban Dallas jury in June rejected his claims of self-defense during a confrontation with Metcalf in the stadium bleachers last year.
Anthony stabbed and killed Metcalf at a Frisco ISD track meet in 2025.
Anthony’s legal team argued this past week that a retrial was needed in part because the judge who presided over the murder trial enforced overly strict courtroom rules and gave an interview after the trial was over.
In the interview that was played as Wednesday’s hearing began, the judge was asked if the jury got “it right.”
“Yeah, they did,” he said, adding: “Whatever they say, they got it right.”
This is a developing story.
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