NEW LONDON - A 40-year-old convicted felon accused of fatally gunning down a man in Norwich last year pleaded not guilty to the crime on Tuesday and waived his right for a probable cause hearing.
Phillip Wise made a brief appearance in New London Superior Court via a video monitor as his two attorneys, Marc Miller and Amy Mahon, stood before Judge Hillary Strackbein.
Miller said his met with his incarcerated client previously and the two decided to waive the probable cause hearing, a sort of “mini trial” in which prosecutors present evidence and call witnesses in an effort to convince a judge that enough evidence exists in a case to take a defendant to trial.
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As Anthony Lashawn Williams lay on a Norwich street last summer, bleeding from a gunshot wound to his torso, he asked a friend not to shoot him again, according to newly released court documents.
Just hours after being released from prison, Williams was shot by a man police identified as 40-year-old Phillip C. Wise after the two allegedly got into an argument on Lake Street.
A few hours later, Williams, who was 39, was pronounced dead.
Police initially responded to reports of a shooting near 37 Lake St. about 4:30 p.m. on July 21, 2020.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit unsealed in New London Superior Court on Friday, witnesses around that time saw Williams and his brother walking down Lake Street toward a red Hyundai that was parked outside of a white apartment building. Williams started arguing with someone in the vehicle and as he walked away, a man police identified as Wise got out of the car and fired one shot, striking Williams