Wednesday, December 23, 1998
Former Dallas policeman released in murder-Irvin-for-hire
case
DALLAS (AP) -- A former Dallas policeman was paroled Tuesday,
two years after being sentenced in a murder-for-hire plot against
Dallas Cowboys player Michael Irvin.
Johnnie Hernandez, released in Huntsville, pleaded guilty
in August 1996 to solicitation of capital murder and an unrelated
bribery charge. He was sentenced to serve two concurrent six-year
prison terms.
Prosecutors said Hernandez wanted Irvin killed because the
ex-officer believed the player threatened his girlfriend, dancer
Rachelle Smith.
She was a witness in a 1996 case in which Irvin pleaded no
contest to cocaine possession.
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