{"id":3273,"date":"2026-06-10T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/2026\/06\/10\/karmelo-anthony-poses-for-new-mugshot-after-being-sentenced-to-35-years-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:53:00","slug":"karmelo-anthony-poses-for-new-mugshot-after-being-sentenced-to-35-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/2026\/06\/10\/karmelo-anthony-poses-for-new-mugshot-after-being-sentenced-to-35-years-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Karmelo Anthony Poses For New Mugshot After Being Sentenced to 35 Years In Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UPDATE:<\/strong> Karmelo Anthony has now been sentenced to 35 years in prison after being found guilty of murder.<\/p>\n

He posed for a new mugshot on Tuesday, an image that reminds us of his youth and the heartbreaking manner in which two young lives were forever altered by this tragedy.<\/p>\n

Read on for our initial coverage of the final day of Anthony\u2019s trial, including his defense team\u2019s controversial strategy.<\/p>\n

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Karmelo Anthony posed for a new mugshot before beginning his lengthy sentence. (Collin County)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As we previously reported, Anthony was arrested for stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf<\/a> at a high school track meet in 2025.<\/p>\n

Metcalf died of his injuries, and Anthony was charged with murder.<\/p>\n

Anthony\u2019s trial took a shocking turn Tuesday when the teenager\u2019s attorney appeared to place responsibility for the fatal confrontation on Austin Metcalf himself.<\/p>\n

Anthony, 19, has pleaded not guilty and maintains that he acted in self-defense.<\/p>\n

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The mug shot of accused murderer Karmelo Anthony. (Collin County)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But during closing arguments, defense attorney Mike Howard delivered a claim that left many observers stunned.<\/p>\n

According to NBC News<\/a>, Howard argued that Metcalf \u201chad no legal right to use force\u201d to remove Anthony from a team tent belonging to another school. <\/p>\n

Howard contended that while Metcalf could ask Anthony to leave, he was not legally permitted to physically eject him.<\/p>\n

The attorney then doubled down on the defense\u2019s self-defense theory, arguing that Anthony had an \u201cabsolute right\u201d to protect himself as he believed he was being subjected to lethal force.<\/p>\n

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Not surprisingly, the argument did not appear to sit well with supporters of the Metcalf family who were present in the courtroom.<\/p>\n

One observer reportedly reacted with visible disbelief as Howard laid out the defense\u2019s version of events.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors, meanwhile, have painted a very different picture throughout the trial. <\/p>\n

They argue that Anthony escalated what should have been a minor dispute and responded with deadly force during a confrontation that never justified a fatal stabbing. Witness testimony presented during the trial has also challenged Anthony\u2019s claim that he was acting in self-defense.<\/p>\n

The case stems from a confrontation that took place in Frisco, Texas, where Metcalf allegedly asked Anthony to leave a team tent occupied by students from another school. The disagreement quickly escalated, ending with Metcalf suffering a fatal stab wound.<\/p>\n

Anthony faces a first-degree murder charge and could receive a life sentence if convicted. Jurors have also been instructed that they may consider a lesser manslaughter charge.<\/p>\n

With closing arguments now complete, the case is headed to the jury, which must decide whether Anthony acted in lawful self-defense or whether prosecutors proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the killing was murder.<\/p>\n

We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: 2 minutes UPDATE: Karmelo Anthony has now been sentenced to 35 years in prison after being found guilty of murder. He posed for a new mugshot on Tuesday, an image that reminds us of his youth and the heartbreaking manner in which two young lives were forever altered by this tragedy. Read on for our initial coverage of the final day of Anthony\u2019s trial, including his defense team\u2019s controversial strategy. Karmelo Anthony posed for a new mugshot before beginning his lengthy sentence. (Collin County) As we previously reported, Anthony was arrested for stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet in 2025. Metcalf died of his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,28,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hollywood","category-news","category-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}