12/6/2016 10:37 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF
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Will Smith‘s ex-Saints teammates, including Drew Brees, are in the courtroom as proceedings began in his murder case.
Witness testimony in the second degree murder case against Cardell Hayes began Tuesday … and Brees and Steve Gleason were on hand to see it.
FYI — Smith was shot and killed on April 9th in New Orleans … after an alleged road rage incident involving Hayes.
Another ex-Saint, Deuce McAllister, was also on hand, but was actually part of the trial … being called as the state of Louisiana’s first witness.
No word on whether or not either Brees or Gleason would be called as character witnesses for Smith … as of now, they’re just spectators.
WGNO ABC 26 in New Orleans got a picture of Brees and Gleason before they entered the courtroom.
