The Texas teenager convicted of fatally stabbing a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet was denied a new trial on Saturday.

Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison over the killing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf last year, during a confrontation in the bleachers of a high school stadium near Dallas.

Karmelo Anthony’s bid for a retrial after his murder conviction in the stabbing death of an athlete at a high school track meet has resumed