Texas judge presiding over the case Carmelo Anthony Murder trial makes headlines for surprising comments he made Austin Metcalfe Killer. Judge John Roach of Collin County’s 296th District Court made the shocking comments about Anthony, who was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the 2025 murder of Metcalfe.
What did Judge John Roach say about Carmelo Anthony?
Roach described Anthony as “a good young man” in an interview with WFAA-TV. He said Anthony seemed “like a good young man” and now better understood “the consequences of offending like he did”.
Roach went on to say that when he was assigned to attend Anthony’s murder trial, he had no hesitation, describing the assignment as his “duty,” adding “that’s what I was chosen to do.”
Anthony is accused of fatally stabbing Metcalf during a rain delay at a high school track meet. Before the stabbing at Frisco Memorial High School, Metcalf reportedly asked Anthony, who is black, to leave the event because he did not attend that school. Metcalfe is white.
Anthony has now been transferred to a Texas prison to begin serving his sentence. On the morning of Wednesday, June 10, he was transferred to the Wallace Park Jail near Houston, Texas, after spending the previous night in the county jail.
He filed a notice of appeal after his conviction, according to court records.
many in defense of anthony after the incident, and give send It was launched for him. Anthony insists he stabbed Metcalf in self-defense.
Anthony’s family expressed concerns about safety and public scrutiny ahead of the trial. “I don’t know why we are being targeted and discriminated against before we have a fair trial,” Anthony’s mother, Kala Hayes, previously said, according to NBC DFW.
