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Texas Teen's Self-Defense Claim In Track Meet Stabbing Death Faces 'Uphill' Battle: Legal Expert

Karmelo Anthony (Left) faces charges in the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf (right).

A legal expert says that a self-defense strategy might be an uphill climb for a Texas teen charged with murder after allegedly stabbing another teenager to death during a high school track meet.

Karmelo Anthony, 17, is accused of stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf to death April 2. NBC News reported that the incident unfolded when Anthony, a Centennial High School student, was sitting under the Memorial High School track team's tent. Metcalf, a member of the Memorial High School track team, told Anthony to move.

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