Jury reaches guilty verdict of murder in stabbing trail

MCKINNEY – After only a few hours of deliberation by a jury, Judge John Roach in a Collin County Court has ruled Karmelo Anthony, the teenager accused of fatally stabbing a fellow student during a high school track meet last year, guilty of murder. Multiple north Texas news outlets reported around 2:32 pm Tuesday that after the verdict announcement was made, the punishment phase would soon begin after. The jury, which spured controversy for a lack of people of color, was given the case at 10:50 am Tuesday. Reports of a verdict being reached were first announced at 1:45 pm Tuesday afternoon. At 2:14 p.m., Karmelo Anthony and his attorneys entered the courtroom. Judge Roach entered the courtroom as well as the jury at approximately 2:30 pm. At 2:33 pm, Judge Roach announced the guilty verdict.