This segment is a courtroom update, not a market discussion. LiveNOW from FOX recaps testimony in the Karmelo Anthony murder trial, with a former federal prosecutor explaining the prosecution’s case, the defense’s self-defense argument, and why the jury will likely decide the outcome.
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This is a live legal-news segment from LiveNOW from FOX covering day three of the Karmelo Anthony murder trial in Texas. The anchor, Alexander Goldberg, frames the story around testimony resuming on Saturday and notes that the state rested after calling 21 witnesses. The core factual backdrop repeated throughout is that Anthony is accused of fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a 2025 track meet in Frisco, and the prosecution’s witnesses were largely students who saw the confrontation at the team tent. The main guest is former federal prosecutor Nema Romani, who explains the trial in terms of self-defense law rather than emotional narrative. Her central point is that the legal question is whether Anthony’s use of deadly force was reasonable and proportionate under Texas law, which requires an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury. …
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The state rested its case after calling 21 witnesses.
This is presented as the key procedural update from courtroom reporting.
Under Texas law, deadly force is only legally appropriate if the person is at imminent risk of death or serious bodily injury, and the force must be reasonable and proportionate.
Romani explains the legal standard governing the self-defense claim.
The prosecution is trying to show Anthony was the aggressor who entered the tent, refused to leave, and brought a knife to a fist fight.
This is Romani’s summary of the state’s theory of the case.
As the state rested its case after calling 21 witnesses, which is fewer than expected, what goes into the prosecution's decision to rest their case?
The prosecution wants to ensure they've had all or almost all of the receipt witnesses testify, particularly those who saw the interaction unfold and provided helpful testimony. Now the defense is starting their case, and some of the defense's best witnesses seem to be among the first ones called. Nema notes the facts aren't heavily disputed — it's more a question of whether deadly force was appropriate under Texas law, which requires imminent risk of death or serious bodily injury for self-defense.
Is it common for the defense team to call for a directed verdict?
Yes, the defense asks for a directed verdict in every single case, 100 times out of 100, but it's very rarely granted. The defense raises it sometimes as a Hail Mary and sometimes just to preserve the argument on appeal. The judge denied it here, and ultimately it's a question for the jury to decide whether use of force was appropriate.
From your point of view, what testimony do you think will stick with the jurors most?
The testimony from other students who were there — children and young adults who watched the interaction unfold. The graphic descriptions of how Anthony stabbed Metcalf in the chest, the blood, the collapsing and dying, and the coaches and administrators testifying to that horrific scene. The jurors may question whether stabbing someone was an appropriate response to pushing and shoving even if Metcalf was 50 to 100 pounds larger.
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