{"id":2647535,"date":"2026-08-20T18:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T22:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alert-karmelo-anthony-one-step-closer-to-overturning-guilty-verdict-walking-free-thanks-to-new-judge\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T18:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T22:42:50","slug":"alert-karmelo-anthony-one-step-closer-to-overturning-guilty-verdict-walking-free-thanks-to-new-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alert-karmelo-anthony-one-step-closer-to-overturning-guilty-verdict-walking-free-thanks-to-new-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Alert: Karmelo Anthony One Step Closer to Overturning Guilty Verdict, Walking Free, Thanks to New Judge"},"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\">32<\/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%2Falert-karmelo-anthony-one-step-closer-to-overturning-guilty-verdict-walking-free-thanks-to-new-judge%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=2647535&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>Karmelo Anthony, convicted of a stabbing that resulted in the death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a track meet in Frisco, Texas, is seeking a new trial. A hearing was held to consider whether he shoudl receive a retrial, with the case now involving a judge who was not part of the original trial. The original judge, John Roach, was removed after Anthony\u2019s attorneys argued that his decisions and comments compromised his impartiality. The new judge is reviewing the case, which stems from Anthony\u2019s claim that he acted in self-defense. The prosecution&#8217;s case and the circumstances surrounding Anthony\u2019s decision not to testify are also factors in ongoing legal proceedings. Supporters outside the courtroom expressed enthusiasm for the potential new trial, while Anthony&#8217;s legal team continues to argue for a fair retrial amid broader concerns about judicial impartiality and trial conditions.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>If the first step in getting a new trial is getting a new judge, convicted killer Karmelo Anthony has already taken a great leap forward.<\/p>\n<p>Presiding over a hearing Thursday on whether Anthony should get a new trial in the stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a track meet in Frisco, Texas, in April 2025, was a jurist who had nothing to do with the original case.<\/p>\n<p>And that was just what Anthony\u2019s attorneys had been hoping for.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Judge will consider new trial for Karmelo Anthony after teen killer\u2019s legal victory <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/imUbz3QhjR\">https:\/\/t.co\/imUbz3QhjR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UgCuU93lkN\">pic.twitter.com\/UgCuU93lkN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nypost\/status\/2090341834929176861?\">August 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The original trial judge, Collin County Judge John Roach, was removed from the case Wednesday at the request of the defense team, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/crime\/hearing-on-karmelo-anthonys-bid-for-new-murder-trial-set-for-thursday\/ar-AA2axp0E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony\u2019s attorneys had argued that Roach\u2019s decisions while conducting the trial, as well as comments he made to the media after the jury convicted Anthony in June, rendered him unfit to serve as an impartial judge in Anthony\u2019s retrial bid.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/texas-track-stabbing-austin-metcalf-karmelo-anthony-5526b6ba91035724814c2beeab4bd4fb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>, the judge who heard Anthony\u2019s bid to have Roach removed from the case said he thought Roach could be impartial, but conceded that Roach\u2019s \u201cimpartiality might reasonably be questioned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the decision was announced, Anthony\u2019s supporters outside the courtroom cheered, while chants of \u201cFree Karmelo\u201d broke out in the parking lot outside the courthouse in McKinney, Texas, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>Roach limited access to the trial by the public and by the news media \u2014 which Anthony\u2019s defense team claimed infringed on Anthony\u2019s right to a fair trial. In a post-trial interview that was played at Wednesday\u2019s hearing, Roach also told an interviewer that he thought the jury that convicted Anthony after only three hours of deliberations \u201cgot it right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hours after the jury\u2019s decision was announced, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-karmelo-anthony-prison-sentence-announced-roughly-4-hours-guilty-verdict-read\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roach sentenced Anthony<\/a> to 35 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The case is now in the hands of District Judge Michael Chitty, a retired jurist from Kaufman County, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/special-reports\/karmelo-anthony\/karmelo-anthony-appeal-defense-argues-teen-deserves-new-trial-in-austin-metcalf-slaying-live-updates\/287-ca533a29-48d9-4b0f-b798-c87c0859960f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WFAA-TV in Dallas<\/a>. Kaufman County borders Collin County to the south.<\/p>\n<p>Grounds for Anthony\u2019s team seeking the retrial include the circumstances surrounding the now-19-year-old\u2019s decision not to testify in his own defense, the AP reported. Anthony\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-republican-senators-support-constitutionality-of-trump-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"Six Republican Senators Support Constitutionality of Trump Impeachment ...\">legal team claimed<\/a> he stabbed Metcalf in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/karmelo-anthonys-defense-tatters-provoked-fight-asked-leave-15-times-wanted-fight-say-witnesses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">self-defense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Collin County First Assistant District Attorney Bill Wirskye, who prosecuted the case, offered to restrict his questioning of Anthony to the events of the day of the stabbing.<\/p>\n<p>At Thursday\u2019s hearing, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/special-reports\/karmelo-anthony\/karmelo-anthony-appeal-defense-argues-teen-deserves-new-trial-in-austin-metcalf-slaying-live-updates\/287-ca533a29-48d9-4b0f-b798-c87c0859960f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WFAA-TV in Dallas<\/a>, Anthony attorney Russell Wilson argued that Anthony\u2019s defense didn\u2019t trust Wirskye to stick to that agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Wirskye, however, argued that he had offered the agreement in the first place in order to \u201ckeep the peace\u201d in a trial that was a flashpoint of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/graphic-language-war-brothers-dead-chilling-videos-karmelo-anthony-supporters-outside-courthouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">racial controversy<\/a>. Metcalf was white. Anthony is black.<\/p>\n<p>He also indicated he wanted Anthony to testify because it would make his prosecution easier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing better in my business than a testifying defendant,\u201d he said, according WFAA.<\/p>\n<p>It was unclear when Chitty plans to make a decision in the case.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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