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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jamie Stengle

Judge will consider new trial for Karmelo Anthony in Texas track meet killing

Track Meet Student Killed - (© 2026 Elías Valverde II / The Dallas Morning News)

A judge on Thursday will consider whether to grant Texas teenager Karmelo Anthony a new trial following his murder conviction earlier this summer in the stabbing death of a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet.

In a legal victory for Anthony, the judge who presided over his trial was removed from the case Wednesday. Judge Michael Chitty was then assigned to consider the motion from Anthony's attorneys asking for a retrial in killing of Austin Metcalf.

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