Karmelo Anthony Convicted of Murder and Sentenced to 35 Years in Austin Metcalf Track-Meet Stabbing Case

This file follows the public record in State of Texas v. Karmelo Sincere Anthony, Cause No. 296-83565-2025.

Associated Press courtroom reporting says a jury convicted Anthony of murder on June 9, 2026, rejected the self-defense claim, and sentenced him to 35 years in prison.

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This is a public-memory file about a current court record, not a general breaking-news feed. The case has become a public record of how a community reads a death, a young defendant, a rejected self-defense claim, racialized social-media narratives, court access limits, jury-selection concerns, verdict, sentence, and post-trial source gaps.

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Official Frisco and Collin County records support the basic timeline: a fatal stabbing was reported at a Frisco track meet on April 2, 2025; Austin Metcalf died; Karmelo Sincere Anthony was publicly identified and charged; and a Collin County grand jury later returned a first-degree murder indictment.

The trial took place in the 296th Judicial District Court. The county public-information page identifies the cause number and courthouse rules. Associated Press reported on June 9, 2026 that a jury convicted Anthony of murder, rejected the self-defense claim, and sentenced him to 35 years in prison. The county page still showed Updates: TBA when CultureUp checked it, so this final trial-stage language remains attributed to courtroom reporting until court documents are verified.

Case: State of Texas v. Karmelo Sincere Anthony. Cause number: 296-83565-2025. Court: 296th Judicial District Court, Collin County, Texas.

Verdict: AP reports that a jury convicted Karmelo Anthony of murder on June 9, 2026. Sentence: AP reports that the jury sentenced Anthony to 35 years in prison. Self-defense claim: AP reports that the jury rejected Anthony's self-defense claim.

Source level: Associated Press courtroom reporting, supported by other public courtroom reporting. Collin County's official trial-information page remains administrative and still showed Updates: TBA when CultureUp checked it. CultureUp has not yet verified the public verdict form, judgment/sentence order, trial transcript, jury charge, admitted exhibit list, or appellate record.

CultureUp limit: this page records verdict-stage public reporting and misinformation status. It does not publish protected juror identities, protected youth-witness identities, private addresses, private school records, graphic evidence, or private family claims.

On June 9, 2026, a Collin County jury convicted Karmelo Anthony of murder in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf during a 2025 Frisco high-school track meet. Associated Press courtroom reporting says the jury rejected Anthony's self-defense claim and sentenced him to 35 years in prison.

The verdict followed a trial in which prosecutors argued that Anthony provoked the confrontation and used a knife after being asked to leave a team tent. The defense argued that Anthony acted in fear and self-defense after physical contact was made. AP reports that jurors had the option of manslaughter but returned a murder conviction.

CultureUp's current file still separates courtroom reporting from the public court record. As of CultureUp's final update pass, Collin County's official public trial-information page remains primarily an administrative court-rules page and still shows Updates: TBA. CultureUp has not yet verified a public verdict form, judgment/sentence order, jury charge, admitted exhibit list, trial transcript, or appellate filing in the CultureUp file.

Verified by courtroom reporting: jury convicted Karmelo Anthony of murder; jury sentenced Anthony to 35 years in prison; jury rejected the self-defense claim; Anthony did not testify; AP reports that the case drew racialized public attention, but that both legal teams and Jeff Metcalf said the case was not about race.

Reported but still not in CultureUp's public court-record file: public verdict form, judgment and sentence order, jury charge, trial transcript, admitted exhibit list, written post-trial motions, official appellate notice or appellate docket entry, and prison-assignment or sentence-administration records.

Unsupported or false as stated: Anthony was suspended at the time of the track meet; the family bought a brand-new home with donation money; donation totals prove guilt or innocence; fake autopsy or drug-overdose claims; race-war framing as CultureUp voice; juror-identification claims; protected youth-witness identification.

Some media reports say a notice of appeal has been filed. CultureUp has not yet verified the public appellate docket or filing in its source ledger. Until then, any appeal reference should be labeled as reported, not as a CultureUp-verified appellate record.

Start with the timeline to understand what happened in public sequence. Then open the source ledger to see which records are official, which are courtroom reporting, and which are general legal context. Use the Texas self-defense explainer for the statute lane, and the jury-selection page for the Batson lane.

If a claim is not in the source ledger, treat it as unverified. If a claim names a minor witness, a juror, a prospective juror, a private address, a family member not central to the public record, or a social-media rumor, it does not belong in this file.