Billy Ray Turner trial date set in Lorenzen Wright slaying
After numerous delays, a trial date has been set for Billy Ray Turner in the Lorenzen Wright slaying.
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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.
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.
Sherra Wright’s lawyers withdrew their request for jurors from outside Shelby County to hear the murder charges against their client in the death of Lorenzen Wright, the NBA player who was Wright’s ex-husband.
Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee Friday told attorneys for Sherra Wright and Billy Ray Turner not to sell Shelby County jurors short in requesting a jury from another county to hear the murder case against them in the death of Wright's ex-husband, Lorenzen Wright Jr.
Attorneys for Sherra Wright have asked the court to bring in a jury from Davidson County to hear the murder case, fearing their client can not get a fair jury in Memphis.
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