A Texas judge has denied a request for a new trial for Karmelo Anthony, the teenager convicted of murder for killing a fellow student athlete at an April 2025 track meet. Anthony, 19, was convicted ...

Anthony has been sentenced to serve 35 years in prison for the fatal stabbing at a high school track meet in 2025 Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in Entertainment, ...

Mr. Anthony, 19, was convicted of murder in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet last year. His lawyers are appealing the case. By Jesus Jiménez and Deah Mitchell A Black ...

DALLAS — A Texas judge denied a new trial for Karmelo Anthony on Saturday in the stabbing death of a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet, a killing that drew national attention and led to ...

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Karmelo Anthony’s conviction and 35-year prison sentence will stand after a Texas judge formally denied his bid for a new trial, leaving the former high school athlete to continue his fight on appeal.

Karmelo Anthony asked for a new trial after being convicted in June of killing Austin Metcalf last year. The judge who oversaw Anthony’s trial was removed from the appeals process. A newly appointed ...

Anthony is asking for a new trial after a jury sentenced him to 35 years in prison in June. According to defense attorney Mike Howard, prosecutors and defense attorneys had agreed before trial not to ...

MCKINNEY, Texas — In June, a Collin County jury sentenced Karmelo Anthony to 35 years for stabbing Austin Metcalf to death during a confrontation at a Frisco high school track last year. The case and ...

A judge on Saturday rejected Karmelo Anthony’s bid for a new trial, closing one chapter of the Frisco teen’s murder case and moving the fight to overturn his conviction to a higher court. Chitty ...

Anthony was convicted of murder in June and sentenced to 35 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet tent in Frisco. Anthony is Black; Metcalf was white.