Judge removed from fatal Texas track meet stabbing case as defendant Karmelo Anthony seeks new trial

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Karmelo Anthony, now 19, was sentenced to 35 years in prison in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet in 2025.

MCKINNEY, Texas — The trial judge who presided over the case of a Texas teenager convicted of fatally stabbing a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet was ordered removed from the case as the defendant seeks a new trial and appeals his conviction.

Karmelo Anthony, now 19, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison after a suburban Dallas jury in June rejected his claims of self-defense during a confrontation with Austin Metcalf in the stadium bleachers in 2025.

Anthony’s legal team argued Wednesday, Aug. 19 that a retrial ...

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