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Articles for Lorenzen Wright

Defense challenges witness in Lorenzen Wright murder trial
2 years, 9 months ago

Defense challenges witness in Lorenzen Wright murder trial

Associated Press  

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A defense attorney for a man charged with fatally shooting former NBA player Lorenzen Wright attempted to poke holes Friday in the testimony of a convicted killer who said Wright’s ex-wife gave him details about the slaying. Prosecutors allege Turner and Martin were asked by Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife, Sherra Wright, to kill him in Atlanta, then Memphis, …

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Convict: Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife recruited him for killing
2 years, 9 months ago

Convict: Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife recruited him for killing

Associated Press  

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A former Navy sailor and convicted killer testified Thursday that Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife asked him and another man to kill the former NBA player nearly 12 years ago in Atlanta. Prosecutors allege Turner and Martin were recruited by Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife, Sherra Wright, to kill the retired NBA player in Atlanta, then Memphis. Martin said he met …

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Jury hears gunshot-filled 911 call from slain NBA player
2 years, 9 months ago

Jury hears gunshot-filled 911 call from slain NBA player

Associated Press  

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The gunshot-filled 911 call came into a Tennessee police department just after midnight on July 19, 2010, from the cell phone of retired NBA player Lorenzen Wright. Turner was Sherra Wright’s “romantic secret interest,” and she recruited Turner and her cousin, Jimmie Martin, to help her kill her 34-year-old ex-husband, said Hagerman, the prosecutor. Martin helped Turner …

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Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife seeks relief from guilty plea
3 years, 6 months ago

Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife seeks relief from guilty plea

Associated Press  

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A judge reset a hearing on Tuesday to address a request by the ex-wife of slain NBA player Lorenzen Wright to throw out her guilty plea in his 2010 killing in Memphis, Tennessee. Sherra Wright filed a petition for relief of conviction or sentence after her surprise guilty plea to facilitation of murder in July 2019. She …

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