Karmelo Anthony's lawyer seeks new trial in Texas track meet killing as court hears new details
- A Texas prosecutor said both sides agreed to withhold evidence that could have intensified a case already marked by racial tension and death threats.
- That agreement is now central to whether a judge will grant Karmelo Anthony a new trial after his conviction in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf.
- Anthony, who is Black and now 19, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the killing during a confrontation in the bleachers at a high school track meet near Dallas.
- A defense attorney argued the evidence issue was among several court errors that tainted the June trial, and the hearing was set to continue Friday.
A Texas court is weighing Karmelo Anthony’s request for a new trial after his conviction in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet near Dallas. Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison after the June trial.
At a Thursday hearing in McKinney, the prosecutor who handled the case said both sides had agreed to hold back evidence that could have further inflamed the case, which had already drawn racial tension and death threats. The prosecutor said that agreement is now at the center of the retrial dispute.
Anthony’s defense argued that the evidence issue was one of several errors that affected the trial. The hearing was scheduled to continue Friday, and the judge had not said when a ruling on the retrial request would come.
卡梅洛·安东尼律师在得州田径赛致命刺伤案中寻求重审，法庭听取新细节
得州法庭正在审理卡梅洛·安东尼要求重审的申请。安东尼因在达拉斯附近一场高中田径赛中刺死17岁的奥斯汀·梅特卡夫，被判有罪并被判处35年监禁。
周四在麦金尼举行的听证会上，负责此案的检察官说，控辩双方曾同意扣留部分证据，避免让本已伴随种族紧张和死亡威胁的案件进一步升温。检察官表示，这一安排如今成为重审争议的核心。
安东尼的辩护方则认为，证据处理问题是影响6月审判的多项错误之一。听证会定于周五继续，法官何时就重审请求作出裁定尚不明确。