Jurors Took Less Than 3 Hours to Reach a Verdict

On April 2, 2025, what should have been an ordinary high school track meet in Frisco, Texas, turned into a tragedy. Seventeen-year-old Austin Metcalf was fatally stabbed during a brief confrontation under a team tent. Within moments, Austin was fighting for his life, and another teenager, Karmelo Anthony, was in police custody admitting he had used the knife. At trial, there was little dispute about who delivered the fatal stab wound. The central question was whether Karmelo acted in lawful self-defense or whether he provoked the confrontation and escalated it into deadly violence. Jurors heard witness testimony, reviewed surveillance footage, examined statements made immediately after the stabbing, and listened to competing interpretations of what happened during those critical seconds. After less than three hours of deliberation, the jury rejected the self-defense claim and found Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder. They later declined to find that he acted under ""sudden passion"" and sentenced him to 35 years in prison. In this video, we break down the evidence, the legal arguments, and the key moments that led jurors to their decision in one of the most closely watched criminal cases in Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices