Karmelo Anthony Appeals Murder Conviction After 35-Year Sentence in Frisco Track Meet Stabbing
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Updated · CBS New York · Jun 10
Karmelo Anthony Appeals Murder Conviction After 35-Year Sentence in Frisco Track Meet Stabbing
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Jun 10
Summary
Less than 24 hours after a Collin County jury convicted him of murder, Karmelo Anthony filed a notice of appeal in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a Frisco track meet.
The appeal follows Tuesday's 35-year prison sentence, reached after jurors deliberated for about 2 1/2 hours; Anthony was transferred Wednesday to a Texas Department of Criminal Justice facility.
The case now heads to the 5th District Court of Appeals in Dallas, where Anthony's lawyers will seek the trial record and transcript for review.
Appellate lawyers said the challenge will focus on whether the trial was handled properly—not on re-arguing the evidence—and could claim either insufficient evidence for murder or harmful rulings on excluded evidence.
Any review is likely to take months or years, and filing the notice does not by itself mean Anthony will get a new trial.