Karmelo Anthony’s defense rests after dispute over unwritten deal kept him off witness stand
Karmelo Anthony’s defense rested Friday in McKinney, Texas, after former lawyers disputed whether an unwritten trial agreement kept him from testifying in his effort to overturn his murder conviction.Retired District Judge Michael Chitty is hearing Anthony’s request for a new trial. Judge Sid Harle removed Judge John Roach, who presided over Anthony’s murder trial, from the remaining trial-court proceedings earlier this week.Harle found that a reasonable outside observer could question […]
