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Today Karmelo Anthony Defense argues for a new trial, yesterday saw Judge Roach removed
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:07 am
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:07 am
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Karmelo Anthony’s defense team will return to court on Thursday to argue that he deserves a new trial for the 2025 stabbing death of Austin Metcalf at a Frisco track meet.
The 19-year-old was convicted of murder in June and sentenced to 35 years in prison.
On Wednesday, his lawyers succeeded in getting Collin County Judge John Roach removed from the case. Retired Kaufman County Judge Michael Chitty was assigned to handle the motion for a new trial.
The defense’s motion doesn’t argue that Anthony is innocent. Instead, it argues that his trial was conducted in a way that violated his constitutional rights.
It points to the trial being effectively closed to the public, claims prosecutors did not honor an off-the-record evidentiary agreement that ultimately forced Anthony not to testify and argues that jury instructions were made in a way that made it difficult for them to consider Anthony acted in self-defense.
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Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:09 am to Dragula
That piece of shite deserves the fricking chair.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:11 am to Dragula
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an off-the-record evidentiary agreement
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:11 am to Dragula
Man these people fight hard for their right to murder people when someone asks them to leave.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:13 am to Dragula
It’s interesting that hundreds of adults have a weekday off from work to hang out around a courthouse to protest in FAVOR of a teen who brought a knife to a high school track meet & stabbed another unarmed teen in cold blood & then ran off. George Soros & other NGO’s doing work.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:14 am to Dragula
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Instead, it argues that his trial was conducted in a way that violated his constitutional rights.
It points to the trial being effectively closed to the public
Is a media circus trial now a constitutional right?
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:15 am to Hetfield
I'm all in favor of a retrial so the POS gets an even longer sentence.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:18 am to Hetfield
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It’s interesting that hundreds of adults have a weekday off from work to hang out around a courthouse to protest in FAVOR of a teen who brought a knife to a high school track meet & stabbed another unarmed teen in cold blood & then ran off. George Soros & other NGO’s doing work.
And then, at the same time, demand "justice for Nolan Wells" when there is zero evidence of foul play.
At some point this double standard and reverse racism has to be dealt with. There is a population (or now populations) in this country who is free to say anything derogatory they want with no repercussions when they cry foul and attack when the opposite happens.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:19 am to Dragula
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It points to the trial being effectively closed to the public,
Everyone knows that only black people should be polled before rendering a decision about the fate of this young man who was just tryna leave before the KKK high schoolers impeded his exit.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:19 am to Ingeniero
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Is a media circus trial now a constitutional right?
It's not. Trials are closed all the time and this completely irrelevant.
This post was edited on 8/20/26 at 9:20 am
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:27 am to Dragula
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argues that jury instructions were made in a way that made it difficult for them to consider Anthony acted in self-defense
Was his attorney not present at the time the jury was given these instructions? Was he not allowed to also speak to the jury, or object to the instructions being given?
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:34 am to Dragula
Judge Chitty is as hardnosed as they come. He used to be a rather lenient judge. He was lenient one time to many and it resulted in several deaths of his friends and colleagues.
Since then, he has passed down some of the harshest sentences in the county. He has retried several cases and has handed down a harsher sentence than the previous sentence nearly every time.
Anthony does not realize what can of worms he has opened with this one. His attorneys are probably shitting bricks and muttering, "Not him. Not Chitty. Dammit. Dammit. Dammit."
I see Wilfred Brimley on the bench and I know it is not going to go well for me, but I might get a Werther's Original on the way out of court.
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In 2012, Kaufman County Judge Michael Chitty sentenced former Justice of the Peace Eric Williams to probation instead of prison time in a theft case. Prosecutors believed that conviction fueled a revenge plot. Williams later murdered prosecutor Mark Hasse, District Attorney Mike McLelland, and McLelland’s wife, Cynthia.
Since then, he has passed down some of the harshest sentences in the county. He has retried several cases and has handed down a harsher sentence than the previous sentence nearly every time.
Anthony does not realize what can of worms he has opened with this one. His attorneys are probably shitting bricks and muttering, "Not him. Not Chitty. Dammit. Dammit. Dammit."
I see Wilfred Brimley on the bench and I know it is not going to go well for me, but I might get a Werther's Original on the way out of court.
This post was edited on 8/20/26 at 9:37 am
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:36 am to Dragula
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claims prosecutors did not honor an off-the-record evidentiary agreement
WTF is this?
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:38 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
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WTF is this?
Basically, prosecution agreed not to bring up Anthony's past history of violence at school if the defense agreed not to impugn Metcalf's character since he was deceased. They both agreed that the past was not germane to the present crime and had no bearing on the outcome.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:39 am to Dragula
Black people want it to be legal to murder white people so bad
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:39 am to PurpleandGold Motown
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His attorneys are probably shitting bricks and muttering,
That would imply they care about anything other than the GoFundMe revenue streams, and the ability to keep manufactured racism in the media.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 10:28 am to Dragula
'Melo's new legal team rn.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 10:31 am to Weekend Warrior79
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Was he not allowed to also speak to the jury, or object to the instructions being given?
I’m sure this goes into the likely claims they have of ineffective counsel against his lawyer.
They could have afforded a better one if they hadn’t blown his defense money on extraneous shite instead of defending him.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 10:33 am to Dragula
That piece of crap Talafrico went on The Breakfast Club pandering to black voters and took Karmelo Anthony's side.
Talarico Backs Karmelo Anthony in Divisive Murder Case: Says Black Teen's Conviction for Stabbing White Football Star Shows 'System Is Not Working for Black Texans'
"Right now we've got a system that doesn't serve all Americans equally, and, and we know that black Texans have been, um, have not gotten the justice they deserve," said Talarico,
Talarico Backs Karmelo Anthony in Divisive Murder Case: Says Black Teen's Conviction for Stabbing White Football Star Shows 'System Is Not Working for Black Texans'
"Right now we've got a system that doesn't serve all Americans equally, and, and we know that black Texans have been, um, have not gotten the justice they deserve," said Talarico,
Posted on 8/20/26 at 10:33 am to Stat M Repairman
Is that the guy from the Diabetes commercials? Wilford Brimley?
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