Legal Opinion
People v. Phillips
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 3, 1979PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
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 trial ended in a hung jury.
A motion to set aside the verdict was made and denied by Justice Birns. The convictions were unanimously affirmed by the Appellate Division (52 AD2d…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York HarborSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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- People v. HuntleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
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3Cited by7 opinions
- William R. Phillips v. Harold J. Smith, Superintendent, Attica Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
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