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Regardless of the Code of Conduct waiver being a legally binding contract, the murderer was in violation of Texas Penal Code (Section 46.03) by being in possession of a weapon on school property. From what I read, the knife was 5.5" or longer, which would make him guilty of possessing a "location-restricted knife". I'm not an attorney, so I may be completely wrong in my opinion.

Why he was not also charged with a 3rd Degree Felony in this case, I don't know.

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defense is going to try to discredit every single close eye witness because they were all Austin and Hunter Metcalf's friends and teammates. they have to convince the jury to not believe the testimony of probably a dozen eye witnesses.

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5 inches is plenty big, maybe even too big

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Tree Hugger said:

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5 inches is plenty big, maybe even too big

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said no woman ever

now back to our regularly scheduled program.....

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ShaggySLC said:

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The first witness ruined that by explaining what the track tents mean and the culture

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I don't disagree that Anthony likely knew he wasn't supposed to be in there, but track meet rules aren't legally binding.

The case is entirely about whether Anthony was legitimately in fear for his life, which he wasn't. In the absence of that, nothing else matters.

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Showing that he was somewhere he knew he wasn't supposed in addition to his provocation towards Metcalf damages his argument. Something doesn't have to be illegal in order to be utilized as supporting evidence against a defendant. You're trying very hard to show that his being there wasn't problematic for some reason.

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Good God, this. Weird how obsessed some are with "legality".

He went somewhere he shouldn't have been. Was told to leave. Got pushed. And killed a man. It's all relevant to the case.

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Second teenager, who is black, says that Austin even called out Karmelo when Karmelo put his hands in his backpack. According to the second teen, Austin said something like, "This is Frisco. You don't have anything in there.'  And all the other teens agreed.
The second teen was…

— MaryAnn Martinez (@MaryAnnreports) June 5, 2026

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The second teen was sitting right next to Karmelo. Austin's shoving of Karmelo wasn't even hard enough that Karmelo touched him when it happened. Second teen says stabbing happened so quickly that he didn't even realize it had happened and he was sitting right next to Karmelo
'I just remember being in shock and not really knowing where to go,' the second teen says once he realized what had happened.
Prosector: Did it seem like Austin was trying to pick a fight?
Second teen: no sir
Prosecutor: Did it seem like Karmelo wanted to pick a fight?
Second teen: yes sir

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Z3phyr said:

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From CBS:

After a lunch break, the prosecution called a Memorial High School track athlete to the stand who witnessed the fatal encounter between his teammate Austin Metcalf and Karmelo Anthony. The judge prohibited the media from identifying the witness.
The witness said that by the time he arrived, Anthony was already under the Memorial High School tent in the bleachers at Kuykendall Stadium. The witness recounted that he and other Memorial athletes under the tent asked Anthony to leave multiple times.
At first it was not aggressive, he said, but then tensions escalated.
"I remember Karmelo refusing to leave and Austin saying 'You need to leave,' and Karmelo saying 'Touch me and find out,'" the witness said.
The witness also denied that anyone was ganging up on Anthony, and that Anthony was the one provoking the situation. The defense is arguing that Anthony acted in self defense.
"Austin leans in to push him and Karmelo stabs him," the witness said. "Karmelo had his hands inside a backpack and we thought it was bluff."
He said he and others didn't believe Anthony would do anything because they live in a safe community.

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5 inches is plenty big, maybe even too big

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said no woman ever

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The second teen was sitting right next to Karmelo. Austin's shoving of Karmelo wasn't even hard enough that Karmelo touched him when it happened. Second teen says stabbing happened so quickly that he didn't even realize it had happened and he was sitting right next to Karmelo
'I just remember being in shock and not really knowing where to go,' the second teen says once he realized what had happened.
Prosector: Did it seem like Austin was trying to pick a fight?
Second teen: no sir
Prosecutor: Did it seem like Karmelo wanted to pick a fight?
Second teen: yes sir

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Im Gipper said:

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To move to capital murder based on the murder happening during the commission or attempted commission of a felony, the felony has to be one of these: kidnapping, burglary, robbery, aggravated sexual assault, arson, obstruction or retaliation, or terroristic threat

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The second teen was sitting right next to Karmelo. Austin's shoving of Karmelo wasn't even hard enough that Karmelo touched him when it happened. Second teen says stabbing happened so quickly that he didn't even realize it had happened and he was sitting right next to Karmelo
'I just remember being in shock and not really knowing where to go,' the second teen says once he realized what had happened.

Prosector: Did it seem like Austin was trying to pick a fight?

Second teen: no sir

Prosecutor: Did it seem like Karmelo wanted to pick a fight?

Second teen: yes sir

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If you played any kind of sport at the high school level you understand team spaces and not crossing boundaries. You just didn't do it.

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It's been a long time since I played team sports, but I had friends on other teams. It wasn't unusual to sit with them or their team during events. I still have a box full of shirts traded with other teams during HS powerlifting competitions.

Locker rooms, team meetings, or anything like that was off limits, but just catching up and hanging out in team spaces never was a big deal. Maybe that was different with rural schools vs urban.

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The murderer didn't know the victim, whom supposedly (according to viewers of the district video) was the only other person under the tent at the time of the incident. Would you have walked over and sat with an opposing team's player, by yourself, not knowing the athlete?

And, would you have done so while concealing a knife on a school campus, in clear violation of law?

Your analogy is cute, but doesn't level up with what ACTUALLY happened.

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The second teen was sitting right next to Karmelo. Austin's shoving of Karmelo wasn't even hard enough that Karmelo touched him when it happened. Second teen says stabbing happened so quickly that he didn't even realize it had happened and he was sitting right next to Karmelo
'I just remember being in shock and not really knowing where to go,' the second teen says once he realized what had happened.
Prosector: Did it seem like Austin was trying to pick a fight?
Second teen: no sir
Prosecutor: Did it seem like Karmelo wanted to pick a fight?
Second teen: yes sir

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Btw, as someone without twitter...I really appreciate the people that copy and paste longer posts and responses.

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Im Gipper said:

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To move to capital murder based on the murder happening during the commission or attempted commission of a felony, the felony has to be one of these: kidnapping, burglary, robbery, aggravated sexual assault, arson, obstruction or retaliation, or terroristic threat

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Thank you for the explanation

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Fenrir said:

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Just FYI, without a twitter account I don't believe it is possible to look through a person's recent posts. I can click on links to posts and see the top level well enough but any responses are not visible unless I make an account or they are linked to themselves.

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Fenrir said:

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Just FYI, without a twitter account I don't believe it is possible to look through a person's recent posts. I can click on links to posts and see the top level well enough but any responses are not visible unless I make an account or they are linked to themselves.

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Im Gipper said:

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Going through backpacks streaking things is not burglary or robbery. It's theft.

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Im Gipper said:

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Going through backpacks streaking things is not burglary or robbery. It's theft.

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Depends on the value of items taken, right? iPhone valued at let's say roughly 1200 dollars? 3 of those gets you hit with grand theft and a felony charge. And somebody already mentioned, carrying a weapon on school grounds is a 3rd degree felony in Texas.

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usmcbrooks said:

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Unlawful taking is classified based on the monetary value of the stolen property, with felony-level theft generally applying to goods valued at $2,500 or more.

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