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FRISCO, Texas \u2013 Karmelo Anthony has secured another lawyer in his fight to appeal his murder conviction.<\/p>\n

He was tried, convicted and sentenced to 35 years<\/a> behind bars earlier this month for stabbing and killing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas. He has since filed a notice of appeal.<\/p>\n

Collin County court records indicate criminal defense attorney<\/a> Lara Bracamonte Davila is his current court-appointed lawyer.<\/p>\n

JEFF METCALF SPEAKS OUT ABOUT LOSING SON AUSTIN AND HOW HIS FAMILY IS MOVING FORWARD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Before Bracamonte Davila was appointed, Fox News Digital learned that the court briefly appointed criminal defense attorney Donny Perales. He is no longer representing Anthony.<\/p>\n

While Bracamonte Davila is the current court-appointed appellate attorney, in an email to Fox News Digital, Perales said, “It is expected that the Anthony family will be retaining an attorney for the appeal.”<\/p>\n

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Court records indicate days after his June 9 murder conviction<\/a>, Anthony applied for what is known as a TDFA Indigent Packet in his appeal, which, according to the Texas Fair Defense Act, is where a defendant can apply for a court-appointed attorney if he or she is eligible.<\/p>\n

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To qualify, a defendant must prove he or she cannot afford legal representation. Anthony said he was “penniless, destitute, and indigent person, too poor to employ counsel to represent me on the appeal,” in a court document he filed on his own.<\/p>\n

WATCH: \u00a0Austin Metcalf\u2019s father remembers his son\u2019s childhood<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fox News Digital previously reported that records indicate the Anthony family was tied to<\/a> several businesses in Louisiana and Texas, and even opened a business weeks after their son murdered Metcalf.<\/p>\n

Despite the appeals<\/a> process, the Anthonys have yet to speak to the Metcalf family following the verdict, according to Austin’s father, Jeff Metcalf.<\/p>\n

Metcalf said in a sit-down interview with Fox News Digital, “I don’t forget what he did to my son.” He went on to say, “I don’t have sympathy, but I gave him forgiveness, and the forgiveness was for me, of course, so I don’t carry the rage and the hate.“<\/i><\/p>\n

WATCH: Austin Metcalf’s father says the Anthony family has yet to speak to him<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fox News Digital has reached out to Bracamonte Davila and the Anthony family for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/another-lawyer-joins-karmelo-anthony-appeal-killer-claims-cannot-pay-counsel <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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