- Man who shot ex-Saints star receives 25-year prison sentence
- Smith was shot eight times during confrontation with Hayes
The man who fatally shot retired NFL star Will Smith during a confrontation following a car crash in 2016 received a 25-year prison sentence on Thursday in a New Orleans courtroom.
It was the second time Cardell Hayes, 36, had faced sentencing in Smith’s death. He was convicted of manslaughter in December 2016 and later sentenced to 25 years. But the jury vote had been 10-2 and the conviction was later tossed after the US supreme court outlawed such non-unanimous verdicts.
