re: Will Smith Murder Trial-Guilty of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter

Maybe.

Can a guy be reasonably in fear of death or great bodily injury int hat situation?

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I think Hayes will walk now

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You've said that like 50 times now.

Why not do like tLSU says and wait and see the whole case, from both sides, and closing arguments?

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Can a guy be reasonably in fear of death or great bodily injury int hat situation?

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In my opinion, yes

THis is what i'm gathering: Was Will SMith going to retrieve a gun because he heard ONeal say back off, i have a gun.... We heard right after events ONeal making comments that he thinks Hayes saved his life that night etc.

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I think Hayes will walk now

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still looking for a reason to shoot Will & Racquel

if it was Hernandez who was dead... I'd pretty much agree

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In my opinion, yes

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I say this with all due respect then, and I mean no offense, but I would be scared to death of you. That's borderline lunatic.

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In my opinion, yes

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Really? So anyone that says "I'm gonna frick you up" could also be shot off that logic.

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There's nothing in louisiana that requires it to be mitigated to manslaughter because it was heated.

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But that is specifically defined in the manslaughter law, in La.

LA Rev Stat § 14:31
§31. Manslaughter

A. Manslaughter is:

(1) A homicide which would be murder under either Article 30 (first degree murder) or Article 30.1 (second degree murder), but the offense is committed in sudden passion or heat of blood immediately caused by provocation sufficient to deprive an average person of his self-control and cool reflection. Provocation shall not reduce a homicide to manslaughter if the jury finds that the offender's blood had actually cooled, or that an average person's blood would have cooled, at the time the offense was committed; or

(2) A homicide committed, without any intent to cause death or great bodily harm.

(a) When the offender is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of any felony not enumerated in Article 30 or 30.1, or of any intentional misdemeanor directly affecting the person; or

(b) When the offender is resisting lawful arrest by means, or in a manner, not inherently dangerous, and the circumstances are such that the killing would not be murder under Article 30 or 30.1.

B. Whoever commits manslaughter shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than forty years. However, if the victim killed was under the age of ten years, the offender shall be imprisoned at hard labor, without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence, for not less than ten years nor more than forty years.

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Hernandez & Co's actions are almost making Hayes' possession of a gun justifiable. It's all but apparent he is the main reason this escalated the way it did

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Except he didn't shoot Hernandez and Co.