Will Smith Murder Trial-Guilty of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter

probably needs to be tried around Shreveport...all cowboy fans up there

Solid update. Sticky requested.

I didn't know Will Smith was on trial...wow. He does rob people blind with those terrible movies he makes.

This whole trial and the future McKnight trial teach us the following:

1) Don't engage in road rage
2) Don't leave your vehicle if you are involved in one.
3) Acting like a hot head can lead to your untimely demise.
4) Don't drink and drive (smith incident)

Hayes is guilty. Will Smith is responsible for some of this. He had too much to drink, was driving over the legal limit, bumped into the hummer, fled that scene (probably to avoid the cops coming and performing a field sobriety test), Hayes then chases Will down, bumps him in retaliation, Smith now angry that he has been hit is angry and due to his inebriated state decides to keep it real and confront Hayes.
Hayes, also a larger man with high testerone, is not going to back down to someone,who wants to engage on disrespecting him and his hummer obliges Will Smith in the altercation. Hayes grabs his gun, smith sees said gun and in further effort to keep it real says something to the fact: you got yours let me get mine. Hayes after hearing this and seeing Smith retreat to seemingly get his gun opens fire.

Murder 2 maybe
Manslaughter more likely.

Will Smith at 34 with two kids, beautiful wife, and millions in the bank is still alive today had he not fled the scene of the first contact with Hayes had he just calmly stopped, exchanged information, and gone on his way. Perhaps Hayes would not have wanted to call the cops once he saw who had hit him

Alcohol, not consumed repsponsibliy, can lead to poor choices setting off a chain of events that can lead to death.

How the frick is this not stickied

Getting away from Fuller's 'he said...she said' witness testimony parade for a moment, let's think about physical evidence.

Two points -

First, the trajectory of the bullet that struck Mr. Smith in the left side is important. Fuller wants to show the victim was armed or in the act of obtaining his weapon. If he was struck while he was sitting in the driver's seat leaning over to the glove box, the bullet trajectory will be upwards towards the head from the entry point.

Second, the pistol itself. Fuller will establish that the victim's pistol was carried in the glove compartment. It would only make sense as to carry the gun between the seat and console would make it visible to thieves. Fuller will then ask why the glove box was open and pistol found elsewhere.

What Fuller wants to do is point to police complicity in moving the victim's weapon from a position that would prove that the victim was in possession of it when he was shot.

Just got the notification on WAFB app a verdict was reached

quote:

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Cardell Hayes: Not guilty of criminal damage. Guilty of attempted manslaughter. Guilty of manslaughter.

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See ya. Wouldn't want to be ya.