Current：Home > FinanceNew Orleans jury convicts man in fatal shooting of former Saints player Will Smith -Capitatum
New Orleans jury convicts man in fatal shooting of former Saints player Will Smith
Algosensey Quantitative Think Tank Center View
Date：2025-04-05 13:37:40
The man who shot former New Orleans Saints defensive lineman Will Smith following a traffic altercation in 2016 has been convicted of manslaughter.
A jury in New Orleans deliberated for more than four hours before finding Cardell Hayes guilty just after midnight Saturday in a retrial of the case from more than seven years ago. Hayes faces up to 40 years in prison.
A jury originally voted 10-2 to convict Hayes, but the decision was overturned when the Supreme Court outlawed nonunanimous verdicts. He was released on bond after serving more than four years of his 25-year sentence.
During closing arguments Friday, District Attorney Jason Williams argued that Hayes fired a gun recklessly after a traffic accident, hitting Smith seven times and Smith's wife once.
The defense claimed Hayes acted in self-defense.
NFL STATS CENTRAL: The latest NFL scores, schedules, odds, stats and more.
Smith played nine seasons with the Saints from 2004-2012. He made the Pro Bowl in 2006 and was a member of the Saints' Super Bowl championship team in 2009.
veryGood！ (16)
Related
- Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment
- EU calls on China to stop building coal plants and contribute to a climate fund for poor nations
- WWE announces Backlash will be outside US in another international pay-per-view
- Los Angeles freeway closed after fire will reopen by Tuesday, ahead of schedule, governor says
- Meta releases AI model to enhance Metaverse experience
- Rep. George Santos won’t seek reelection after scathing ethics report cites evidence of lawbreaking
- Capitol Police clash with group protesting violently outside Democratic headquarters during demonstration over Israel-Hamas war
- This special 150th anniversary bottle of Old Forester bourbon will set you back $2,500
- Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
- North Carolina lottery expands online game offerings through ‘digital instants’
Ranking
- Taylor Swift Eras Archive site launches on singer's 35th birthday. What is it?
- Grand Canyon, nation’s largest Christian university, says it’s appealing ‘ridiculous’ federal fine
- Moderate earthquake shakes eastern Myanmar and is felt in northern Thailand
- Eight Las Vegas high schoolers face murder charges in their classmate’s death. Here’s what we know
- Head of the Federal Aviation Administration to resign, allowing Trump to pick his successor
- Review: Death, duty and Diana rule ‘The Crown’ in a bleak Part 1 of its final season
- 81 arrested as APEC summit protest shuts down the Bay Bridge in San Francisco
- Andrea Kremer, Tracy Wolfson, other sports journalists criticize Charissa Thompson
Recommendation
Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor
Soldier, her spouse and their 2 children found dead at Fort Stewart in Georgia
New York lawmakers demand Rep. George Santos resign immediately
China’s agreement expected to slow flow of fentanyl into US, but not solve overdose epidemic
In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see
Chicago commuter train crashes into rail equipment, injures at least 19, 3 seriously, official says
RSV is straining some hospitals, and US officials are releasing more shots for newborns
Out of control wildfires are ravaging Brazil's wildlife-rich Pantanal wetlands