Another lawyer joins Karmelo Anthony's appeal as killer claims he cannot pay for counsel

FRISCO, Texas – Karmelo Anthony has secured different lawyer successful his combat to entreaty his execution conviction.

He was tried, convicted and sentenced to 35 years down bars earlier this period for stabbing and sidesplitting 17-year-old Austin Metcalf astatine a precocious schoolhouse way conscionable successful Frisco, Texas. He has since filed a announcement of appeal.

Collin County tribunal records bespeak transgression defence lawyer Lara Bracamonte Davila is his existent court-appointed lawyer.

Karmelo Anthony is pictured aft being transferred to the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and transported to the Pack Unit adjacent Navasota, Texas. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

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Before Bracamonte Davila was appointed, Fox News Digital learned that the tribunal concisely appointed transgression defence lawyer Donny Perales. He is nary longer representing Anthony.

While Bracamonte Davila is the existent court-appointed appellate attorney, successful an email to Fox News Digital, Perales said, "It is expected that the Anthony household volition beryllium retaining an lawyer for the appeal."

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Court records bespeak days aft his June 9 execution conviction, Anthony applied for what is known arsenic a TDFA Indigent Packet successful his appeal, which, according to the Texas Fair Defense Act, is wherever a suspect tin use for a court-appointed lawyer if helium oregon she is eligible.

A tribunal sketch shows Karmelo Anthony successful a courtroom soon earlier jurors began deliberations successful Collin County, Texas, connected June 9, 2026. (Pat Lopez)

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To qualify, a suspect indispensable beryllium helium oregon she cannot spend ineligible representation. Anthony said helium was "penniless, destitute, and indigent person, excessively mediocre to employment counsel to correspond maine connected the appeal," successful a tribunal papers helium filed connected his own.

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Fox News Digital antecedently reported that records bespeak the Anthony household was tied to respective businesses successful Louisiana and Texas, and adjacent opened a concern weeks aft their lad murdered Metcalf.

Despite the appeals process, the Anthonys person yet to talk to the Metcalf household pursuing the verdict, according to Austin's father, Jeff Metcalf.

Meghan Metcalf and her lad Hunter talk retired aft 17-year-old Austin Metcalf was killed successful a deadly altercation successful Frisco, Texas. (Jeff Metcalf/Meghan Metcalf/Fox news)

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Metcalf said successful a sit-down interrogation with Fox News Digital, "I don't hide what helium did to my son." He went connected to say, "I don't person sympathy, but I gave him forgiveness, and the forgiveness was for me, of course, truthful I don't transportation the rage and the hate."

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Fox News Digital has reached retired to Bracamonte Davila and the Anthony household for comment.