{"id":2647029,"date":"2026-08-19T14:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-removed-from-karmelo-anthony-case-as-defense-seeks-retrial\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:46:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:46:51","slug":"judge-removed-from-karmelo-anthony-case-as-defense-seeks-retrial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-removed-from-karmelo-anthony-case-as-defense-seeks-retrial\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge removed from Karmelo Anthony case as defense seeks retrial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-removed-from-karmelo-anthony-case-as-defense-seeks-retrial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2647029&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Defense attorneys for Karmelo Anthony successfully requested the recusal of the original trial judge, Judge John Roach, from all future appeals as they seek a retrial. Roach, who presided over anthony&#8217;s June conviction for murder, had publicly defended the guilty verdict and commented on the jury composition, which the defense argued compromised the fairness of the trial.A new judge, Judge Sid Harle, will oversee the upcoming retrial hearing scheduled before Thursday. Anthony&#8217;s lawyers argued that Roach&#8217;s post-trial comments and actions undermined his impartiality, prompting the appointment of a different judge. The case involves Anthony, who was convicted of stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a confrontation at a Texas high school track meet in April 2025; Anthony&#8217;s defense claimed self-defense. The verdict and subsequent legal steps were met with mixed reactions, noting that Anthony did not testify during the trial, and highlighting ongoing tensions between the families involved.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense attorneys for Karmelo Anthony successfully removed the trial judge from all appeal efforts going forward on Wednesday as they seek a retrial for their client.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June, the 19-year-old black man was convicted of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/murder\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"579\">murder<\/a> and sentenced to 35 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf, a 17-year-old white athlete, at a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"253\">Texas<\/a> high school track meet in April 2025. 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The decision was made by Judge Sid Harle, who oversaw a previous trial for the 2022 Uvalde school mass shooting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new judge in Anthony\u2019s case will be appointed before Thursday\u2019s court hearing, where the defense team will argue that the defendant should receive a new trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Presenting their case before Harle in court, Anthony\u2019s lawyers pointed to Roach\u2019s television interview after the guilty verdict as grounds for a retrial. The judge said he agreed with the jury\u2019s guilty verdict in the interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the interview, the trial judge defended his decision to excuse three prospective black jurors before the seven-day trial. The defense took issue with the final jury, which included no black people. Roach also said he hopes both sides felt the outcome of the trial was fair. 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Anthony\u2019s supporters were ecstatic once they heard the news, chanting outside the Collin County Courthouse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frederick Douglass Haynes III, a Dallas pastor and Texas Democratic congressional candidate, told reporters he felt Roach \u201cjumped the gun\u201d by publicly agreeing with the jury\u2019s guilty verdict, which raised questions about whether Anthony received a fair retrial.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the defense gets its wish, Anthony will have another shot at defending himself in court. He did not testify during the initial trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4601382\/karmelo-anthony-guilty-verdict-austin-metcalf-murder\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4601382\/karmelo-anthony-guilty-verdict-austin-metcalf-murder\/\">KARMELO ANTHONY JURY RETURNS WITH GUILTY VERDICT IN AUSTIN METCALF MURDER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, Anthony allegedly stabbed Metcalf with a pocketknife during a confrontation that started over a seating dispute in the stadium bleachers. The defense claimed he was acting in self-defense. The jury rejected that argument.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest development in the case was likely hard news for Metcalf\u2019s parents to bear. Metcalf\u2019s family has publicly feuded with Anthony\u2019s parents, who have made their son\u2019s murder case about racism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense lawyers remove judge, seek retrial for Karmelo Anthony<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2647030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26230616866533.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50433,52999,11085],"class_list":["post-2647029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-judge-2","tag-karmelo-anthony","tag-retrial"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26230616866533.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2647029"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2647032,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647029\/revisions\/2647032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2647030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2647029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2647029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2647029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}