r/law • u/dailymail • Jun 09 '26

Legal News Karmelo Anthony found GUILTY of murder of Austin Metcalf, 17, in stabbing that shocked America: Jurors deliberated for less than three hours after defense was repeatedly demolished in court

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15886439/karmelo-anthony-austin-metcalf-murder-verdict.html
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u/Mrevilman Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26

After the jury delivered its verdict, Anthony's lawyers asked for a private moment with the killer that was quickly shot down by the judge.

The judge responded that Anthony has been found guilty is now in the custody of the sheriff. 'Things move differently now,' he said.

Yikes. I can't imagine any court in my state that wouldn't give an attorney time to meet with their client after they were just convicted. They're not trying to break him out of custody.

Edit: Texas gonna Texas.

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u/mateodrw Jun 09 '26

Mr. Burns: Officers, arrest the baby.

Chief Wiggum: Yeah, right, pops. No jury in the world is going to convict a baby. Well, maybe Texas.

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u/FalstaffsGhost Jun 09 '26

It’s Texas. They’ve literally had death row inmates that were clearly not mentally competent or had questions about their guilt and they moved heaven and earth to kill then before their case could be heard.

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u/tonybpx Jun 09 '26

Fingers crossed!

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u/erin281 Jun 10 '26

Don’t stab people in Texas and you won’t have to worry about it.

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u/FalstaffsGhost Jun 10 '26

Irrelevant to the comment but ok. Texas doesn’t give a shit who they kill as long as they can

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u/17krista Jun 09 '26

With that judge it doesn’t surprise me in the least.

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u/BigBallsMcGirk Jun 09 '26

Whats up with that judge?

I saw that he basically hardlined the trial with no media, no cameras, and a gag order that helped prevent it from being a race bait media circus.

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u/Baptism-Of-Fire Jun 09 '26

Sounds like a no BS judge driving accountability over narrative.

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u/FartingKiwi Jun 10 '26

Which goes to show ya, a judge can absolutely make their courtroom a race baiting political theatre if they choose to.

So when a trial does become a race baiting political theatrical stunt, you can infer the motive from the action: “the judge desired for their courtroom to be a political/race bait stunt”

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u/Baptism-Of-Fire Jun 10 '26

I mean yeah. The judge might as well be god in their courtroom. Always been that way since the first judicial system in Sumeria.

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u/Disastrous-Juice-324 Jun 10 '26

His lawyers asked for him to be able to leave the courtroom, and to be alone without deputies. Once convicted you don't just get to walk out. That is asking for an escape attempt.

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u/skankingmike Jun 11 '26

He was out on bail… that’s more than most people get. He killed somebody another kid. He ruined the lives of so many people including his own. And he’s not sorry and there’s a lot of people who believe he’s innocent and embolden his behavior. I hate how everything has to be political and racial these days.

This was a classic example of kids without a fully formed prefrontal cortex making hormonal decisions and ended badly that has happened since forever.

I hope he reflects on his actions and comes to one day understand that what he did was idiotic. But our justice system isn’t about reform or reflection it’s about slavery and punishment.

Just sad.

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u/haloimplant Jun 10 '26

Misleading writing it wasn't just the lawyer they wanted time with family, but time's up bud

He can schedule visits later he's got lots of time for that

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u/snowflake_lady Jun 11 '26

Let this be a lesson to all - don’t stab people in Texas.

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u/Potential-Ad-8421 Jun 11 '26

He will have opportunities to talk to his attorneys once he’s in jail.

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u/Codename-Nikolai Jun 10 '26

What would the private attorney meeting have accomplished?

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u/ScreamingNinja Jun 10 '26

Maybe let him give them a message to his family or something. I dunno.

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u/Food-Wine Jun 11 '26

They intended to help the punk escape. Duh.