Jurors took just short of three hours Tuesday to return a guilty verdict in the murder trial of Karmelo Anthony.
Jurors began deliberations at 10:54 a.m., KTVT-TV reported, and officials announced at 1:45 p.m. that a verdict had been reached.
‘You don’t get to kill someone just because they are bigger than you.’
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The station reported that Anthony visibly broke down in the courtroom when the guilty verdict was read, and he is now in custody. KTVT added that Anthony’s parents left the courtroom after the verdict was read.
Prior to the start of deliberations, jurors were instructed that they could consider a lesser charge of manslaughter, the station said.
Anthony was 17 when authorities charged him with murdering high school star athlete and fellow 17-year-old Austin Metcalf in a
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