Accused Killer Pulls Guilty Plea in Scranton
By: Eric Deabill
Updated: November 13, 2012
Scranton, Lackawanna County - A man who pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter earlier this year has backed out of a plea deal.
Prosecutors say Derrick Phillips will now head to trial in early December.
The Scranton man originally admitted to fatally shooting Malik Carter inside the former Finn McCool's Bar on Cedar Avenue in May 2011. He has now backed out of the plea.


