Matt Walsh

because he can't possibly have a reasonable fear for his life under those circumstances, obviously.

And if the attacker is in the wrong team's tent, where he's not supposed to be, and he's daring someone to push him, and he knows he has a knife and his victim doesn't, there is no viable self-defense claim, period.

You cannot walk into a place where you don't belong, dare someone to make physical contact with you, knowing you have a knife, knowing they don't have one, and then the moment they do, stab them to death.

Obviously, you can't do that.

That is not self-defense.

So along those lines, one of the most important parts of yesterday's testimony zeroed in on the fact that Anthony was in the wrong tent.

Robert Starr, the head track coach, testified that, quote, a tent marks your spot.

He said it's a big deal to ensure that other people are kept out of the tent for a variety of reasons, including keeping property safe from theft.

He said it's widely understood at these track meets that you're not supposed to go into another team's tent.

And additionally, on the day of the stabbing, Coach Starr had texted Metcalf telling him and his brother they need to be leaders for the day and to step up and essentially run the tent.

They needed to, quote, assist with getting tents off buses and carrying heavy equipment.

Metcalf responded, quote, for sure, coach, got you.

And after Metcalf's death, Coach Starr testified that he replied to that message.

I love you, man.

Sorry, I didn't say it enough.

Now, the point is, by the broadly accepted standards of the track world, or the standards of anyone, Carmelo Anthony was trespassing.

On cross-examination, Carmelo's defense attorneys tried to make the argument that occasionally students will go into other teams' tents to chat briefly, especially if they see someone they know personally.

And Coach Starr agreed that in certain situations that does happen.

But in this case, Carmelo Anthony's lawyers say that he saw someone named Edwin Pera in the Memorial High School tent.

Memorial is Austin Metcalf School.