Jurors took just short of three hours Tuesday to return a guilty verdict in the murder trial of Karmelo Anthony . Jurors began deliberations at 10:54 a.m., KTVT-TV reported , and officials announced at 1:45 p.m. that a verdict had been reached. 'You don't get to kill someone just because they are bigger than you.' The
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Jurors took just short of three hours Tuesday to return a guilty verdict in the murder trial of Karmelo Anthony . Jurors began deliberations at 10:54 a.m., KTVT-TV reported , and officials announced at 1:45 p.m. that a verdict had been reached. 'You don't get to kill someone just because they are bigger than you.' The
Jurors took just short of three hours Tuesday to return a guilty verdict in the murder trial of Karmelo Anthony. Jurors began deliberations at 10:54 a.m., KTVT-TV reported, and officials announced at 1:45 p.m. that a verdict had been reached. Karmelo Anthony, now 19, claimed he was acting in self-defense when he stabbed Metcalf, 17, with a folding knife after a heated argument at a high school track event in Frisco, Texas, in April last year.
**This is a breaking story...please refresh page for updates** The jury in the Karmelo Anthony murder case reached a swift verdict after deliberating for more than two hours on Tuesday. KARMELO Anthony has been convicted of killing a 17-year-old student athlete by stabbing him in the heart with a pocketknife in April 2025.
Conservative Review reported the story as "Jury reaches verdict in Karmelo Anthony murder trial."
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Source accounts have not fully aligned on every figure tied to this story (different reports cite 10, 17); the published L1FE summary holds those specifics open until more sources converge.
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Quivering Karmelo Anthony is convicted of murdering Austin Metcalf, 17... but now prosecutors have granted him Hail Mary that could see him jailed for as little as TWO YEARS
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