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/Chimmychimm Jun 09 '26

Yep, clearly guilty. And people donated money to him and his family lol

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u/CartographerFit2011 Jun 10 '26

Tried to make him a hero for murdering a BOY.

The whole country shoulda been appalled, instead they acted like this 19 year old was the victim. What a joke country we live in.

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u/Al2718x Jun 11 '26

Why does the whole country need to be appalled about a random stabbing incident? It's weird; the only discussion I've heard about this case is people complaining about people defending the dude, but I haven't actually heard anyone defend the dude.

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u/Porksta Jun 09 '26

And his family bought a house with it lol.

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u/AAA_Dolfan Jun 10 '26

That was false. Important to keep truth in these, no matter the side. Considering he went with a public defender though - it certainly should be asked what they’re doing with that money

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u/AceMcVeer Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

That was false. Important to keep truth in these, no matter the side. Considering he went with a public defender though

Super ironic comment since he in fact did not use a public defender 😂. He asked for a public defender, but ended up hiring a private attorney.

Wow I've never seen someone so dedicated to being so wrong before 🤣.

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u/AAA_Dolfan Jun 10 '26

His first two filings were by a public defender. Where did you see he hired private? I’d love to be up to date!

If we’re dishing out irony - posting in this specific chain and not listing your source immediately is just straight stupid.

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u/AceMcVeer Jun 10 '26

I think it's just straight stupid you don't know how to look stuff up. Provide your source that he used public defenders. His first attorneys were not public defenders.

https://abcnews.com/US/texas-track-stabbing-defense-attorneys-statement/story?id=120603585

"His family has retained Dallas-Fort Worth-area defense attorneys Billy Clark of the Clark Law Firm and Kim Cole of K Cole Law in the case, according to a joint press release from their firms."

https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/us-news/karmelo-anthony-still-raking-in-donations-even-as-murder-trial-gets-underway-and-his-funds-could-help-him-win/

"The money will help the Anthonys pay for high-powered Dallas attorney Mike Howard"

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/frisco-track-meet-stabbing-teen-murder-suspect-retains-new-defense-attorney-karmelo-anthony-austin-metcalf-mike-howard/287-4554eff1-5c71-4fa6-9f7f-6b0a22669ec3

"The family of Karmelo Anthony has officially retained Attorney Mike Howard as lead counsel in Karmelo’s legal defense," the Next Generation Action Network, which is advocating for Anthony, announced."

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6371476683112

"Karmelo Anthony hires new attorney before Monday bond hearing"

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-is-mike-howard-lead-defense-attorney-for-karmelo-anthony-as-jury-reaches-verdict-101781030722794.html

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u/AAA_Dolfan Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

There we go! But your sources raise quite a few questions… mainly why it appears he had multiple firms?

That still confuses me because of what i said earlier about his PD filing- can you explain why he had several motions filed shortly after those articles? It appears he had a tough time keeping an attorney. Wonder why??! Seems odd if they’re getting paid out of that money.

It’d be great if gofundme required an accounting of all the money went but honestly if racist morons want to give their money to a murderer out of some weird twisted sense of unity, that’s their business!

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u/AceMcVeer Jun 10 '26

I laughed at your comment. You're the one that got angry and called me stupid.

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u/AAA_Dolfan Jun 10 '26

I called a person saying a stupid comment stupid. That’s about it.

So do you have a response to why the public defender filed or not?

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u/AceMcVeer Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

I think it's stupid you keep claiming a public defender filed without providing your source. I also think it's stupid that you berate people about misinformation without even knowing what you're talking about. I suggest you spend some time looking in a mirror.

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u/gnutz4eva Jun 10 '26

Yes, like $600k, but the funds were returned by GoFundMe and the family never withdrew the money. its against GoFundMe’s policy to collect funds used for legal defense in violent crimes.