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Karmelo Anthony, the Texas teen who fatally stabbed high school track athlete Austin Metcalf to death after being asked to leave a team tent, will not receive a new murder trial after an appeal, a judge ruled on Saturday afternoon.
“Upon reviewing the motion, the record, the evidence and argument, the briefs, and the relevant case law, the Court has determined the motion should be denied," Kaufman County District Judge Michael Chitty,
according to ABC News. The motion for a new trial from Anthony’s defense team was predicated on an unwritten “gentlemen’s agreement” which prosecutors claim had prevented Anthony from testifying in his own defense. Information that was revealed in the appeals process included text messages from Anthony on the day of the stabbing in which he expressed a desire to “lick [the] blood off the blade” when stabbing someone.
The case made national headlines after Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico alleged that Anthony did not receive a fair trial because the jury lacked a black person. Anthony is currently serving a 35-year sentence for the murder. He is eligible for parole after 17.5 years. |
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