Prosecutor says Anthony was angry before meet<\/p>\n
In addition to citing the off-the-record agreement, defense attorney Russell Wilson also told the judge a new trial should be allowed because of errors that limited access to the proceedings.<\/p>\n
Wilson said the case\u2019s original judge allowed a \u201cshadow docket\u201d that shielded character information about both sides. \u201cEverything was done off the record, at an astonishing clip,\u201d said Wilson, who didn\u2019t represent Anthony at the criminal trial.<\/p>\n
Wirskye said Anthony\u2019s original attorneys agreed to everything done during the trial.<\/p>\n
\u201cWitness after witness came in\u201d and said Anthony did it and it was not self-defense, Wirskye said.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor said he agreed not to use evidence that showed Anthony had an obsession with guns and knives and that he was angry on the morning of the stabbing.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe went there that day spoiling for a fight,\u201d Wirskye said about the day of the track meet.<\/p>\n
The defense team had information showing that Metcalf used racial slurs in the past and bullied Black classmates, according to Howard and documents shown during Thursday\u2019s hearing.<\/p>\n
As Howard spoke in the court, Metcalf\u2019s parents sat quietly in the gallery. There was no immediate response to an email seeking comment from them through a court spokesperson.<\/p>\n
Karmelo Anthony case spurred a wave of threats<\/p>\n
As national attention intensified last year, the families of both Metcalf and Anthony said they had been targets of harassment.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor said there were threats against a judge who granted Anthony bond, fake autopsy reports circulating online and attempts to intimidate witnesses.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lawyers on both sides were worried about their lives in this case,\u201d Wirskye said.<\/p>\n
New judge deciding whether Anthony will get a new trial<\/p>\n
Anthony already won a legal victory on Wednesday when the judge who presided over his trial was removed from the case<\/a>. Judge Michael Chitty was then assigned to consider the motion for a retrial.<\/p>\n Anthony\u2019s attorneys had asked for state District Judge John Roach to be removed in part because of a TV interview in which Roach said jurors \u201cgot it right\u201d when they delivered a guilty verdict.<\/p>\n Students who took the stand described a heated exchange over Anthony\u2019s refusal on a rainy spring day<\/a> to leave a tent that belonged to Metcalf\u2019s team.<\/p>\n Several schools were competing at the track event when Anthony sat under a tent in the bleachers. Metcalf and others repeatedly told Anthony to leave, witnesses testified, leading to a confrontation.<\/p>\n Prosecutors said Anthony provoked Metcalf, and witnesses testified that Anthony was the aggressor.<\/p>\n