Buffalo man sentenced for killing ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was sentenced to 27 and two-thirds to 33 years in prison following a fatal stabbing.
This past April, Hillard Smith, 47, broke into his ex-girlfriend’s N. Division St. home and attacked her boyfriend, Justin Johnson, 42, with a knife.
Johnson was taken to ECMC, where he died five days later.
Smith was convicted of manslaughter, burglary, assault, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal contempt. His sentencing took place on Fri