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Though the late Wright won’t be there to see his jersey retirement ceremony, those who knew him best can imagine him savoring the occasion the only way he knew how.
Wright’s No. 55 jersey will hang in the FedExForum rafters next to the jerseys of nine other Tigers greats.
The jersey retirement will take place during a ceremony at FedExForum at a future game to be determined by the program and the late Wright’s family.
Billy Ray Turner will serve concurrent 25-year sentences in addition to a life sentence he is already serving for his involvement in the 2010 murder of former Memphis Grizzlies player Lorenzen Wright.
Wright pleaded guilty in 2019 to the murder of her ex-husband and former NBA player Lorenzen Wright in 2010.
Wright pleaded guilty to the facilitation of first-degree murder of her ex-husband and NBA player Lorenzen Wright. A board member recommended she be denied for parole.
Judge Lee Coffee has been practicing law for 40 years and has served as a Shelby County criminal court judge for Division VII for 16 years since his election in 2006.
Turner was charged with first-degree murder for the 2010 shooting of Wright, a former Memphis Grizzlies player.
The trial of Billy Ray Turner, accused in connection with the fatal shooting death of former NBA star Lorenzen Wright, is slated to begin Monday, March 14.
Sherra Wright, the ex-wife of slain basketball star Lorenzen Wright, has withdrawn her request to overturn her guilty plea in the death.
Ja Morant’s jersey was one of the top NBA sellers in the second half of the season.
Can we please stop with the nationally televised whodunits in the Lorenzen Wright case? We already know who done it. Which is why Sherra Wright, his ex-wife, is sitting in prison.
Sherra Wright wants a judge to toss her 2019 guilty plea in connection with the slaying of her ex-husband, former NBA star Lorenzen Wright.
Turner’s case was one of hundreds delayed when the coronavirus pandemic shut down Shelby County Criminal Court trials last year.
After numerous delays, a trial date has been set for Billy Ray Turner in the Lorenzen Wright slaying.
Billy Ray Turner is charged with first-degree murder in the July 2010 death of the U of M and NBA basketball player. The case was reset for Feb. 11.
A trial date for Billy Ray Turner, the man accused in the fatal shooting of NBA star Lorenzen Wright, could possibly be announced on Jan. 15 when Turner heads back to court.
Billy Ray Turner, the lone remaining defendant in the slaying of former NBA star Lorenzen Wright, returns to court Dec. 4 for a likely trial date.
The murder trial for Billy Ray Turner, accused in the fatal shooting of former NBA star Lorenzen Wright, has been delayed after prosecutors introduced new information Thursday, Aug. 22.
Billy Ray Turner, the man accused of fatally shooting retired NBA star Lorenzen Wright, was sentenced Thursday to 16 years behind bars on separate gun charges.
Sherra Wright was transferred to a state prison Friday following her surprise plea deal a day earlier in the slaying of ex-husband Lorenzen Wright.
Sherra Wright pleaded guilty Thursday morning to the murder of her ex-husband, Lorenzen Wright, and will receive a 30-year sentence. A separate eight-year sentence for attempted murder will run concurrently.
Family and friends remember former NBA player Lorenzen Wright on the ninth anniversary of his death.
Billy Ray Turner, co-defendant in the slaying of NBA star Lorenzen Wright, pleaded guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of a gun on Monday, June 17. The murder trial of Turner and Sherra Wright, ex-wife of Lorenzen Wright will begin Sept. 16.
Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee told attorneys during a hearing Thursday that he would provide them with drafts of questionnaires that will be given to potential jurors in the Lorenzen Wright murder case.
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