Judge removed from Texas track meet stabbing case as defendant Karmelo Anthony seeks a new trial
Anthony’s lawyers say the judge gave incomplete jury instructions and imposed strict courtroom rules, while he serves a 35-year prison sentence.
- On Wednesday, Collin County judges removed District Judge John Roach from Karmelo Anthony's case, with a new judge assigned for Thursday's hearing on the retrial request; supporters cheered the removal order.
- Defense attorneys argued that Roach's strict courtroom rules and a post-trial media interview warranted his disqualification from the proceedings.
- Anthony is serving a 35-year prison sentence after a jury convicted him of murder in June, rejecting his self-defense claims and declining to convict on the lesser charge of manslaughter for killing Austin Metcalf.
- Witnesses at a high school track meet reported Anthony escalated the argument by telling others, "Touch me and see what happens," before stabbing Metcalf after refusing to leave the Memorial High School tent.
- Social media posts previously framed the killing in racial terms, though lawyers told jurors the tragedy was not about race; the trial unfolded under heavy security at the Collin County courthouse.
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UPDATE: Karmelo Anthony Secures New Judge As He Appeals Austin Metcalf Murder Conviction
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2urbangirls.comTrial Judge Recused from Karmelo Anthony Case
By Emilie St. John The trial judge who presided over the Karmelo Anthony trial has been recused from the matter in a ruling issued on August 19. ABC News reported that Roach imposed a gag order in the case and barred any electronics from the courtroom during the proceedings due to the attention it had garnered. During the Wednesday hearing, defense attorney Russell Wilson argued that Roach “gave public comment about an impending proceeding,” w…
Karmelo Anthony’s Bid for a New Trial Gets Big Boost as Texas Judge Who Presided over Trial Removed
A Texas judge on Wednesday granted Karmelo Anthony's request to remove the judge who presided over his murder trial from the post-trial proceedings. Judge Sid Harle found that a reasonable outside observer could question whether Judge John Roach, who was judge in Anthony's trial in June, appeared impartial.
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