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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Uwa Ede-Osifo

Texas judge denies Karmelo Anthony’s request for a new trial in stabbing death

A person's torso wearing a bright purple shirt with a decal or pictures of a young Black man.
A supporter of Karmelo Anthony at the Collin county courthouse in McKinney, Texas, on 21 August. Photograph: Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News/AP

A Texas judge denied Karmelo Anthony’s request for a new trial on Saturday, dealing a blow to the 19-year-old’s bid to overturn his murder conviction.

In June, a Collin county jury found Anthony guilty of fatally stabbing his classmate Austin Metcalf in 2025 at a track meet in Frisco, a suburb 28 miles (45km) north of Dallas. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison.

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