Cardell Hayes A Case Study in the Fragility of Human Life and the Power of Self-Defense

... Cardell Hayes' retrial after a conference with Hayes' attorney, John Fuller, and Orleans Parish prosecutors, The Times-Picayune/The New ... Hayes was convicted of manslaughter in January. He shot and killed Smith in 2016 in the Lower Garden District following a road rage incident. Cardell Hayes had pleaded guilty in 2014 as a first-time offender to illegal carrying of a weapon and was sentenced to six months probation. Cardell Hayes was sentenced to 25 years, again, for manslaughter in the fatal shooting of ex-Saints star Will Smith. Hayes faced up to 40 ... Share this: Facebook · X. A lawyer for Cardell Hayes, who was convicted of manslaughter for killing former Saints player Will Smith, wants to ... An Orleans Parish jury on Sunday night found Cardell Hayes guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of former New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith. Cardell Hayes faces up to 40 years in prison. Author: Associated ... The jury deliberated for more than four hours and reached its verdict in the ... Former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith was “going to shoot” as Cardell Hayes opened fire and killed Smith over the weekend, ... Cardell Hayes, the man who fatally shot retired Saints star Will Smith, told the jury Saturday that he did so only after a drunken Smith ... Cardell Hayes to …