Collin County District Judge Angela Tucker on Monday significantly reduced the bonds of teenagers accused of stabbing Austin Metcalf at a high school track competition held in Frisco, Texas on April 2.
Karmelo Anthony, 17, faces first-degree murder charges in Metcalf’s death. His bonds fell from $1 million to $250,000. His latest criminal defense attorney, Mike Howard, hired on Saturday and said Anthony would post Bond, but he is not sure exactly when.
“I think he can build a bond,” Howard told reporters after the hearing. “I can’t talk about how fast it will be. The funds raised don’t come out right away, and there’s clearly a process in the release process when bonds are posted.”
Anthony has been accused of stabbing Metcalf, 17, at a high school track competition. Metcalf died in the arms of his twin brothers.
Karmelo Anthony, 17, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. (Fox 4)
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Anthony’s bond terms include home arrests and ankle monitors. He can only leave his home with the judge’s permission.
“All Texans have the right to protect themselves when they are reasonably afraid of their lives,” Howard said. “Self-defense is protection that applies to each of us. Every storyline has two aspects.”
“This has been a whole lot tragedy for both families,” he added. “A trial run by public awareness and media courts is not how to guarantee that justice will be done. I am sure after a full investigation, the truth will come out.”
Colin County District Attorney Greg Willis said the case would be taken to a large ju court.
“The judge called, so the key is: “The following is what’s important,” he said. “Frisco PD will finish the investigation. They will submit the case to my office. We will review it and finally present it to the big ju judge. That’s what I’m saying. That’s really what I can say now.
If convicted, Anthony, thanks to the 2005 Supreme Court decision, Roperv. Thanks to an incident called Simmons, he cannot face the death penalty because he is a juvenile.
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Austin Metcalf, 17, was stabbed to death at a Texas track competition. (Jeff Metcalf)
“The Supreme Court said that not only can they seek the death penalty for anyone who committed a crime when they were 17, they can’t even take their lives without parole,” Willis said last week. “That’s not something we can do, even if we wanted it.”
Metcalf was placed to rest on Saturday.
“My son is gone and he’ll never go home again,” Austin’s father, Jeff Metcalfe, said Thursday in an “American Report.”
“Please don’t politicize this,” he added. “Not so… this is human. This person made bad choices and had an impact on both my family and my family forever.”
“People ask me, how can you forgive this other person? I said I’m forgiveing ​​others.
“His life will be destroyed. My life will be destroyed.”
The argument unfolded under the tent at a Frisco concrete meet. An arrest report from the incident said Anthony “grabbed his bag, opened it and reached it,” and told Metcalf “touch and see what happens.”
Austin Metcalf, 17, was fatally stabbed at a track competition on Wednesday. (FOX DFW Chopper)
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The next moment, an eyewitness told police that Anthony “reached out his hand for his bag and the man took a knife out of his bag and stabbed Austin.”
Witnesses told officers he abandoned the scene after Anthony stabbed him. Metcalf died in the arms of his twin brothers.
Anthony told the response school resource officer who cuffed him when he arrived on scene that he was protecting himself. The officer also pointed blood to Anthony’s left middle finger.
One officer on the scene called Anthony a suspect, and Anthony made a “voluntary statement.”
A file photo of Austin Metcalf, a junior at Frisco Memorial High School, is said to have been stabbed in the chest by 17-year-old Carmelo Anthony, a student-athlete at Frisco Centennial High School. (Commentary Jeff Metcalf)
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Anthony also asked executives if Metcalf was “alright” and asked if what happened could be considered “self-defense,” the report said.
Fox News Digital reached out to Howard for comment.
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Brooke Taylor and Lindsey Reese of Fox News contributed to this report.
