Cardell Hayes, the man convicted of killing former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith, seeks a new trial after the US Supreme Court rules split verdicts are unconstitutional in state criminal cases.
Cardell Hayes is seen in a booking photo released by the New Orleans Police Department, in New Orleans on on April 10, 2016.Hayes, a former semi-pro lineman who owned a tow-truck company, said he shot in self-defense, after Smith shot at him. A state appeals court rejected that argument.
But on Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that criminal state court verdicts must be unanimous and that such cases that are still under direct appeal are eligible for a new trial.reported. District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro said Hayes' appeals ran out when the Louisiana Supreme Court refused without comment on March 9 to hear the case,The request for a new trial said Hayes is well within the 90 days allowed to ask for a U.S. Supreme Court hearing after the state's high court rules.
Hayes was 29 when he was sentenced in April 2017 to 25 years in prison for Will Smith's death and 15 for wounding Raquel Smith, to run at the same time. Surveillance video from the night of the shooting showed Smith's Mercedes SUV possibly bumping Hayes’ Hummer, then driving off. Hayes followed them and rammed his vehicle into Smith's. Both then got out and argued in the street.
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