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re: A Grand Jury has indicted Karmelo Anthony for 1st Degree Murder

Posted on 6/24/25 at 7:49 pm to
Posted by DrrTiger
Gulf of America
Member since Nov 2023
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Posted on 6/24/25 at 7:49 pm to
quote:

StrongSafety


You’re a bad person.
Posted by moontigr
Dark Side of the Moon
Member since Nov 2020
7578 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 7:58 pm to
I don't think the riots will necessarily be there. It'll be the outsiders looking for an excuse to riot and loot.
Posted by 214
United States of America
Member since Mar 2025
5342 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 8:00 pm to
It's not going to fricking happen here. It would be like rioting in a war zone
Posted by HubbaBubba
North of DFW, TX
Member since Oct 2010
51838 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 8:03 pm to
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Is life w/out parole part of the life sentence, automatically, or does it vary in some way?

My understanding is life w/o parole is only an option under a Capital Murder charge . The other option being a death sentence.
Posted by BogeyTX
Member since Apr 2018
1047 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 8:07 pm to
What you described about someone jumping in front of your car is a mistake. I am glad you can recognize that.

Can you explain how you are trying to correlate someone jumping in front of your car to someone stabbing another person?

Are you implying that KA mistakenly pulled out a knife and accidentally stabbed Austin Metcalf?
Posted by Gatiger1955
Warner Robins Ga
Member since Aug 2019
39 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 8:08 pm to
Black fatigue is earned not given.
Posted by dallastigers
Member since Dec 2003
10599 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 8:10 pm to
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Good luck showing this case was “premeditated


For premeditation as well as for specific intent to murder this is Texas law in regards to a conviction of Murder being a felony in the first degree:
Posted by Proximo
Member since Aug 2011
24140 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 8:13 pm to
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But from what I’ve seen, in no way was this premeditated

You don’t know shite

He went to the tent with a knife to provoke Austin and come up with a fake reason to kill him

He stuck his hand in the bag, grabbed the knife and said “touch me and see what happens”, indicating he planned to stab him
Posted by 3amigosanddad
Member since Aug 2004
748 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 8:25 pm to
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But I’m not a legal expert.


quote:

StrongSafety


You got that fricking part right. Eat shite with your pathetic attempt at compassion for a fricking murderer. frick off lib frick
This post was edited on 6/24/25 at 8:26 pm
Posted by tylercsbn9
Cypress, TX
Member since Feb 2004
66973 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 8:31 pm to
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You don’t know shite

He went to the tent with a knife to provoke Austin and come up with a fake reason to kill him

He stuck his hand in the bag, grabbed the knife and said “touch me and see what happens”, indicating he planned to stab him


SS black googles are permanently affixed to his face. You won't get anywhere with him.
Posted by 3amigosanddad
Member since Aug 2004
748 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 8:32 pm to
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Are you implying that KA mistakenly pulled out a knife and accidentally stabbed Austin Metcalf?


That’s exactly what that dumbfrick SS is implying.
Posted by dallastigers
Member since Dec 2003
10599 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 8:42 pm to
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My understanding is life w/o parole is only an option under a Capital Murder charge . The other option being a death sentence.


And the without parole is if defendant was 18 or older at time of committing capital murder.

I think there is a lot of confusion over saying 1st degree murder when technically it is murder that is a felony in the 1st degree.

What many consider 1st degree murder is called a capital murder in Texas with life in prison without parole or death penalty with the only exception being below 18 at time of murder can only get life in prison and may get paroled. Capital requires proof of intent along with proving other elements or crime occurred with the murder.

The below are the most likely penalties, but I don’t know what or if any guidelines exist between 5 and 99 years for 1st (same for 2nd).
quote:

Sec. 12.32. FIRST DEGREE FELONY PUNISHMENT. (a) An individual adjudged guilty of a felony of the first degree shall be punished by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life or for any term of not more than 99 years or less than 5 years.
(b) In addition to imprisonment, an individual adjudged guilty of a felony of the first degree may be punished by a fine not to exceed $10,000.


quote:

Sec. 12.33. SECOND DEGREE FELONY PUNISHMENT. (a) An individual adjudged guilty of a felony of the second degree shall be punished by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for any term of not more than 20 years or less than 2 years.
(b) In addition to imprisonment, an individual adjudged guilty of a felony of the second degree may be punished by a fine not to exceed $10,000.

This post was edited on 6/24/25 at 10:26 pm
Posted by WinnPtiger
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2011
24997 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 8:50 pm to
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You can keep your neighborhood.


boy that’d be fricking nice
Posted by tylercsbn9
Cypress, TX
Member since Feb 2004
66973 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 8:58 pm to
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That’s exactly what that dumbfrick SS is implying.


It was a clear sharper. Remember?
Posted by lostinbr
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2017
12846 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:11 pm to
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Someone jumps in front of your car on your way home from work. You run em over because they ran into the street from your blind spot. Are you still holding that opinion?

If someone runs in front of a driver from a blind spot that’s not a mistake by the driver. It’s a mistake by the pedestrian.

If a driver is distracted and accidentally hits/kills a pedestrian he could have avoided then yes, that’s a mistake.

If a driver chooses to intentionally run over a pedestrian, that’s not a mistake. It’s murder.

Unless you think Karmelo accidentally stabbed the victim, your usage of “mistake” in this context is asinine.
quote:

Don’t make this easy for me dumbass
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
157344 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:19 pm to
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I pray the deceased and his family and pray the courts have some mercy on this 1st time juvenile defendant.


people believe your schtick but you are the GOAT TD troll

SS >>> Gaucho
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
122845 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:21 pm to
Preach, brother. We need knife programs.
Posted by PurpleandGold Motown
Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Oct 2007
24381 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:27 pm to
I anticipate a conviction but not life without parole. I think anyone that believes that will be the sentence is just foolishly wishcasting. Life without parole is normally reserved for the absolute worst among us (serial killers, child rapists/murderers, etc). Given his age, given it was a "Crime of Passion, no priors, no compounding crimes and other mitigating factors, the most likely sentence is going to be 25 to life with the possibility of parole, and that's probably the right sentence in my opinion.
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
37270 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:33 pm to
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Unless going for Capital Murder the intent to murder is not a requirement. Just the intent to cause serious bodily harm with an act clearly dangerous to human life suffices if proven.

This is where state specific law comes in. This would be a case of overcharging in Louisiana. Maybe not so in TX.

Regardless, the jury can convict him of lesser crimes if they don’t find first degree applicable. Unless Texas has some weird rule against that.
Posted by Open Your Eyes
Member since Nov 2012
10586 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:48 pm to
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I question why so many of you want blood

Because that would result in less stupid people like you, and the world would be a better place.
This post was edited on 6/24/25 at 9:49 pm
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