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Karmelo Anthony was isolated in jail after he was taken into custody following his murder conviction on Tuesday.
He is now appealing his conviction as he prepares for his time in state prison. On Tuesday he was taken to the Collin County Jail and was in isolation at the infirmary within the jail, Fox News Digital confirmed.
Prosecutor Bill Wirskye told Fox News’ Brooke Taylor on Wednesday that Anthony is no longer in Collin County and is on his way to a Texas prison. Wirskye said he hopes one day “the light goes on and he’ll realize he did the wrong thing, and he can live a productive and law-abiding life, either behind bars or not.”
Anthony was convicted of murder Tuesday and sentenced to 35 years behind bars for stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas.
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He had been free during the trial but was taken into custody after he was convicted.
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Anthony has since filed a notice of appeal following his conviction, court records show.
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Wirskye and Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis spoke to Taylor on Wednesday and expressed relief that the jury convicted Anthony of murder.
“This was murder, plain and simple,” Wirskye said.
“I was relieved,” Willis said. “I was relieved for the family mostly.”
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“I think there’s a doubt in every lawyer’s mind. In every case you try. However, we were very, very confident going in,” Wirskye said. “The fact of this case were very clear. Never had anything to do with race, never had anything to do with self-defense, really.”
Anthony faced up to life in prison after being convicted of murder. He will be eligible for parole after serving half of his 35-year sentence.
Willis and Wirskye said they were satisfied with that sentence.
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Asked if there were any moments when prosecutors knew they had won, Wirskye pointed to the video.
“I think when the jury finally saw the videotape,” he said. “I think that really reinforced to them that Karmelo Anthony wasn’t surrounded. The kids under the tent were seated looking at their phones, and then the jury couldn’t help but be impressed by the parade of eyewitnesses that we were able to produce that all told the same story. All saw it the same way. Austin was in the right and Karmelo Anthony was in the wrong.”
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Prosecutors said their second witness stood out as a key piece to winning over the jury. Wirskye described the young man as “calm, cool and collected.”
“I think what stood out about his testimony, he said when I looked over there and saw Karmelo Anthony, he was staring off in the distance, but he looked like a man who had a plan that was fixing to do something,” he said. “And I thought that spoke volumes to the jury about what Karmelo Anthony had in his mind.”
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