PEOPLE v. PHILLIPS


97 Misc.2d 665 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. William R. Phillips, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Trial Term, New York County.

January 3, 1979


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Phillips, pro se, and William M. Kunstler for William R. Phillips, defendant. Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Robert M. Pitler and Jerrold Tannenbaum of counsel), for plaintiff.


IRVING LANG, J.

The unique question posed by this motion to vacate a judgment of conviction is whether a claim of immunity can be successfully raised after the conviction has been affirmed on appeal.

Defendant Phillips, a star witness at the public hearings of the Knapp Commission on police corruption, was convicted by jury verdict of two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. A previous...

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