Karmelo Anthony Convicted of 2025 Murder, Facing 5 to 99 Years or Life
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Updated · FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth · Jun 9
Karmelo Anthony Convicted of 2025 Murder, Facing 5 to 99 Years or Life
3 articles · Updated · FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth · Jun 9
Summary
A Collin County jury convicted 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf in the April 2, 2025 stabbing at a Frisco high school track meet after less than three hours of deliberation.
Jurors then began weighing punishment, with Texas law allowing 5 to 99 years or life; if they find Anthony acted under sudden passion, the sentence cannot exceed 20 years.
Defense lawyer Mike Howard urged jurors to consider Anthony's age and a split-second reaction to provocation, while prosecutors argued Anthony himself provoked the encounter and should not receive leniency.
Anthony's mother was the defense's only punishment-phase witness, telling jurors her son was sorry and asking for mercy as the closely watched case moved toward sentencing.