{"id":8382,"date":"2026-08-01T08:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T15:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/karmelo-anthonys-new-team-files-for-new-trial-heres-what-theyre-arguing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T08:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T15:48:15","slug":"karmelo-anthonys-new-team-files-for-new-trial-heres-what-theyre-arguing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/karmelo-anthonys-new-team-files-for-new-trial-heres-what-theyre-arguing\/","title":{"rendered":"Karmelo Anthony&#8217;s New Team Files for New Trial \u2014 Here&#8217;s What They&#8217;re Arguing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vPYCMMOjfFA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Karmelo Anthony&#8217;s new legal team \u2014 including Texas NAACP President Gary Bledsoe and a group of appellate attorneys \u2014 has filed a 63-page motion seeking a new trial after Anthony&#8217;s June 2026 conviction and 35-year sentence for the murder of Austin Metcalf.<\/p>\n<p>The filing argues Anthony&#8217;s constitutional rights were violated in several ways: that the public was improperly excluded from parts of the trial, that prosecutors backed out of an alleged off-the-record agreement that shaped his decision not to testify, and that jurors received improper instructions. A separate motion asks that Judge John Roach be removed from further proceedings, citing post-verdict comments he made defending his own rulings.<\/p>\n<p>We break down what&#8217;s actually in the filings, what happens next procedurally, and how both families have responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u23f1\ufe0f TIMESTAMPS<br \/>\n0:00 Recap: the conviction and sentence<br \/>\n0:00 The new legal team<br \/>\n0:00 What the motion for new trial argues<br \/>\n0:00 The push to remove the judge<br \/>\n0:00 What&#8217;s next<\/p>\n<p>Sources: NBC News, NBC 5 DFW, NewsNation, Court TV, TMZ (as of July 2026)<\/p>\n<p>This is an active legal proceeding. Claims in court filings represent one party&#8217;s arguments, not established fact.<\/p>\n<p>#KarmeloAnthony #AustinMetcalf #TrueCrime #LegalUpdate<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karmelo Anthony&#8217;s new legal team \u2014 including Texas NAACP President Gary Bledsoe and a group of appellate attorneys<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqdefault-15.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}