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re: Trial set to begin in murder of Austin Metcalf by Karmelo Anthony; Verdict is GUILTY
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:26 pm to diat150
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:26 pm to diat150
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man frick that line of thinking. he stabbed a person to death over a situation that he caused. not only that, he knew better than to bring a knife to a school event. thats common sense. he deserves to spend the rest of his life in jail.
Guess we differ on that. I would rather a career thief with 8 priors get life over a 17 year old with no prior that made a horrible mistake.
Punishment is warranted. Severe Punishment. The family of the deceased is owed that.
But one has demonstrated over years they have no interest in existing in civil society. The other has a really bad day and really fricked up.
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Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:26 pm to Fun Bunch
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No word on why
They had to pull up fo the spicy
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:28 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
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The idea that he needed to wake up and plan to leave his house with the intent to kill is stupid.
I never suggested that this was the case, but I was responding to a poster who seemed to believe that he was at the stadium hunting track athletes because “hood rat culture.”
Go back and read what I was responding to.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:28 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
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Premeditation does not require a lengthy timeline.. we know for a fact that he refused at 15 reasonable requests to leave the team’s tent. You can clearly define those events and his refusal as a verbal disagreement which under Texas state law does not justify deadly force. Secondly, at some point during this verbal disagreement, he chose to unfold a bladed weapon and arm himself using his backpack to conceal his actions. That legally made him the aggressor in the situation. Thirdly, armed with a concealed weapon he further escalated the situation and began baiting/ provoking the victim to do something and see what happens. He wanted the victim to touch him so that he had the pretext to attack back.
Bottom line is simple. You don’t unfold and arm yourself with a concealed knife and then continually dare someone to touch you and find out unless you have made the conscious decision (premeditated) that you are going to stab and kill anyone who tries you.That’s cold blooded, premeditated murder. The idea that he needed to wake up and plan to leave his house with the intent to kill is stupid.
Agreed.
He knew he had a knife, he knew he was willing to use it, he knew Austin didn't know he had a knife, he goaded Austin to touch him so he could use the knife, and then he stabbed Austin in the chest and killed him. Add in that he was asked to leave over 10 times and was combative about it.
That's not manslaughter. That is premeditated murder.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:29 pm to CatfishJohn
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If things are going so well for the prosecution, and they feel confident, which seems to be the vibe coming from the courthouse, then I’m not sure why they would agree to a deal, unless they feel there’s a juror or two who wouldn’t convict a young person Karmelo’s age.
Add to that a deal limits the defendant's ability to appeal and it provides closure for the family of the victim
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:30 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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But one has demonstrated over years they have no interest in existing in civil society. The other has a really bad day and really fricked up.
The murderer is showing why he doesn't have interest in existing in civil society by stabbing a high schooler to death at a track meet.
But I see what you're saying. The defense has to be angling for manslaughter.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:31 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Guess we differ on that. I would rather a career thief with 8 priors get life over a 17 year old with no prior that made a horrible mistake.
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Keep everyone safe and have them both remain in jail. That wasn’t a “mistake” or an accident.
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Keep everyone safe and have them both remain in jail. That wasn’t a “mistake” or an accident.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:31 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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Guess we differ on that. I would rather a career thief with 8 priors get life over a 17 year old with no prior that made a horrible mistake.
Punishment is warranted. Severe Punishment. The family of the deceased is owed that.
But one has demonstrated over years they have no interest in existing in civil society. The other has a really bad day and really fricked up.
This isn't some great kid that made an honest, horrible mistake, like a drunk vehicular manslaughter after prom. He wanted to kill Austin and he acted on those urges. This was not a mistake.
This post was edited on 6/8/26 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:32 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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Guess we differ on that. I would rather a career thief with 8 priors get life over a 17 year old with no prior that made a horrible mistake.
Punishment is warranted. Severe Punishment. The family of the deceased is owed that.
But one has demonstrated over years they have no interest in existing in civil society. The other has a really bad day and really fricked up.
He couldn't get through 18 years without being accused of killing someone. And I don't care if they made mean faces at him or told him to get the frick out of their tent. That means he could have ended the situation at any time. He chose not to.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:33 pm to Fun Bunch
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There's not a lot of relevance to this
He reached into his bag (for the knife) and said touch me and see what happens. Pretty clear he intended for what happened to happen
at that point yes. i was really responding more to this comment:
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so he showed up with a knife for no reason?
which seems to indicate that he left the house that day with the intention to commit murder or cause trouble with a knife, which i think is a stretch.
but i agree that once he reached into his bag he intended to commit murder
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:34 pm to Doctor B
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Defense rests, court dismissed until closing arguments
After returning from an extended lunch break, the defense team announced it was resting its case, and the court was dismissed for the day.
The jury will return on Tuesday, at which time it will be sequestered.
"I'm not going to rush you, so we'll just play it by ear tomorrow," the judge said to the jury.
Again, Judge Roach instructed the jury to go home and not discuss the case, and not get on social media.
"Don't get on social media, they don't know what the heck they're talking about," said Roach.
Court will resume at 9 a.m. on Tuesday.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:34 pm to rt3
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When the facts are on your side, slam the facts
When the facts aren't on your side, slam the table
The defense has been slamming the table since day 1 of this trial
When the facts are against you, pound the law.
When the law is against you, pound the facts.
When the facts and the law are against you, pound the table.
This post was edited on 6/8/26 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:34 pm to udtiger
The defense has rested.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:34 pm to UPT
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I think it’s pretty wild though, and would be nearly impossible to convince a jury, that a kid with no arrest record and a 3.7 gpa went to a track meet in the rain at 10:30am to hunt a victim to kill in front of hundreds of people.
A weighted 3.7 GPA which is fairly average at FriscoISD. At least it was average before the relatively recent influx that included Anthony.
You don’t have to convince a jury of that for murder as a first degree felony in Texas, and since the defense basically admits Anthony did it and that death or serious bodily injury that was clearly dangerous to human life was intended they don’t need to bring up past actions not related to Austin until punishment phase.
You mentioned stealing angle not being brought up by prosecution to someone earlier:
The kind of stealing that some have heard as a possibility isnt a type of theft that done during the course of a murder would bump up a murder charge to a capital murder charge in Texas.
It’s another case where the distraction of trying to prove hanging around area was about stealthily stealing was high risk and zero reward for proving murder in this case. Some of Anthony’s other behaviors could still be brought up during penalty phase.
That doesn’t mean the stealing theories/rumors are accurate, but I wouldn’t use the prosecutor not mentioning anything like that yet as proof there is nothing to those theories or rumors.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:35 pm to Sam Quint
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Defense rests, court dismissed until closing arguments
After returning from an extended lunch break, the defense team announced it was resting its case, and the court was dismissed for the day.
The jury will return on Tuesday, at which time it will be sequestered.
"I'm not going to rush you, so we'll just play it by ear tomorrow," the judge said to the jury.
Again, Judge Roach instructed the jury to go home and not discuss the case, and not get on social media.
"Don't get on social media, they don't know what the heck they're talking about," said Roach.
Court will resume at 9 a.m. on Tuesday.
Defense rests
They essentially put up no defense whatsoever
They SHOULD be screwed royally, but juries are stupid
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:36 pm to Fun Bunch
Really hope they don't get on social media per judge's request, but we know that won't be the case.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:37 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Defense has rested after five witnesses. Holy shite. They did nothing.
Closing arguments tomorrow.
Closing arguments tomorrow.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:37 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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The other has a really bad day and really fricked up.
Yeah, just a really bad day. Putting a knife into a guy’s heart because he hurt your feelings.
Reminds me of that time I took my Aunt’s car down the road without permission and dented it. Just your typical teenage really bad days.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:38 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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Defense has rested after five witnesses. Holy shite. They did nothing.
Closing arguments tomorrow.
Businesses better start using this time to board up
Posted on 6/8/26 at 2:39 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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Guess we differ on that. I would rather a career thief with 8 priors get life over a 17 year old with no prior that made a horrible mistake.
my opinion is that when it comes to things like murder, rape, kid sex stuff, etc, the prior record is irrelevant. the crimes are heinous enough to stand on their own.
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