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The Panthers announced the addition of six assistant coaches to Ron Riveraâs staff A'Shawn Robinson Jersey , including former Michigan head coach Brady Hoke as the new defensive line coach.
Carolina also promoted Chase Blackburn to special teams coordinator, and hired Steve Russ as linebackers coach, Scott Turner as quarterbacks coach, Heath Farwell as assistant special teams coach and Travelle Wharton as assistant offensive line coach.
Hoke makes his NFL coaching debut following 34 years coaching at the collegiate level, including 12 seasons as a head coach with Michigan (2011-14), San Diego State (2009-10) and Ball State (2003-08).
Hoke spent the 2017 season as Tennesseeâs as associate head coach/defensive line coach. He served as the Volunteersâ interim head coach following Butch Jonesâ departure. He previously spent 20 seasons coaching the defensive line at the collegiate level.
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A man convicted in the shooting death of retired New Orleans Saints star Will Smith has appealed the conviction and 25-year-sentence arising from a confrontation after a 2016 traffic collision.
Cardell Hayes was convicted of manslaughter in December 2016 in Smithâs death and of attempted manslaughter because Smithâs wife, Raquel, was shot in both legs during the encounter in April of that year.
But Hayesâ attorney Paul Barker wrote in an appeal filed Thursday that the judge who tried Hayes should have granted a new trial because a witness who contacted Barker the day after Hayesâ conviction said he had heard two guns at the time of the shooting, buttressing Hayesâ claim that he had fired in self-defense.
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Prosecutors on Friday rejected the arguments as âfalsehoods.â
Hayesâ lawyers had argued at trial that he only fired because the retired NFL player was drunk and violent and had grabbed a gun following their collision. No one else testified Smith ever held a gun. A loaded .9-mm semi-automatic handgun was found loaded but unused on the front seat of Smithâs car.
Barkerâs appeal Thursday also contended the trial judge Nevin Lawson Jersey , Camille Buras, should have allowed testimony about Smithâs 2010 arrest on a domestic abuse charge. That would have shown he could be violent when drunk, Barker wrote. Barker also wrote in the filing that other errors included allowing victim impact testimony before the trialâs sentencing phase, and by âsuggestivelyâ re-reading jury instructions.
District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro said in a statement Friday that prosecutors had proved Hayesâ guilt and that Buras managed âthis difficult trial fairly and impeccably.â
âThe falsehoods within this appeal make only one thing clear: That Cardell Hayes has yet to accept the consequences of his rash decision to open fire on an innocent couple,â the emailed statement said. It added that Hayesâ latest arguments make clear he âhas yet to begin the rehabilitation necessary to one day return as a responsible and law-abiding member of our community.â
Smith, a 34-year-old father of three, was a defensive leader on the Saints team that lifted spirits in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. He helped carry the team to a winning season in 2006 and a Super Bowl victory four years later. His death in a dispute over traffic was shocking, even for a city with a high rate of homicides.
In his filing Thursday, Barker said a new witness Taylor Decker Jersey , Michael Burnside, emailed him the last day of the trial, when he was not checking email because he was âpreoccupied with closing arguments and jury deliberations.â The email said Burnside had heard two guns at the time Smith was shot. Reached the next day, Burnside said he had heard four âbapsâ consistent with a small-caliber gun before a âboomâ consistent with a larger-caliber weapon like Hayesâ.
âMr. Burnside states that the first âboomâ of the larger caliber weapon overlapped the last âbapâ of the smaller caliber weapon,â Barker wrote. That backs up Hayesâ testimony that Smith fired at him first, he said.
Barker also said the judge didnât let trial lawyer John Fuller question retired Saints running back Deuce McAllister, the first prosecution witness, about Smithâs âarrest for abusing Raquel Smith while out at a bar in Lafayette.â
Smith was arrested outside a bar, accused of pulling his wife down the street by her hair. He was indicted in 2011 on misdemeanor charges of domestic abuse battery and public intoxication. Lafayette Parish prosecutors dropped the charges in 2012 after Smith completed community service and participated in counseling.
McAlister had testified about Smithâs good character Golden Tate III Jersey , opening the way to rebuttal testimony which the judge didnât allow, Barker wrote.
âThe state elicited pages of testimony from Deuce McAllister detailing the good moral qualities of the victim, the tremendous impact on the victimâs family, and the impact on the New Orleans Saints franchise,â he wrote.
He said that âwent beyond the proper scope of examination,â causing prejudice against Hayes and violating his right to a fair trial.
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