Attorneys representing Karmelo Anthony filed two legal motions on Tuesday as they attempt to overturn the 19-year-old’s murder conviction in the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf.
According to a news release from the advocacy group Stand With Karmelo Coalition, Anthony’s legal defense team filed a motion for Collin County District Judge John Roach to “be removed from presiding over all remaining post-trial proceedings.”
They also filed a motion for a new trial, that raises “constitutional and legal challenges stemming from the trial, and is requesting that those issues be decided by an independent judge,” the release said…