ONE OF TWO MEN CONVICTED IN A DEADLY JOHNSON CITY DRAG RACING CRASH IS SEEKING A NEW TRIAL. 40 YEAR OLD DAVID PHILLIPS WAS CONVICTED OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE, RECKLESS AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, AND SEVERAL LESSER OFFENSES IN MAY IN CONNECTION TO A 2005 DRAG RACING CRASH THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF 17 YEAR OLD CORTNEY HENSLEY AND LEFT HER BEST FRIEND, COURTNEY BEARD SEVERELY BURNED. PHILLIPS WAS SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON. HE FILED A MOTION EARLIER THIS MONTH ASKING A JUDGE FOR A NEW TRIAL BASED ON NUMEROUS ERRORS HE CLAIMS THE COURT MADE DURING THE FIRST PROCEEDING. A HEARING DATE FOR THE MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BE SET SOON.