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Sherra Wright wants guilty plea thrown out in Lorenzen Wright case Sherra Wright filed a petition for relief of conviction or sentence after her surprise guilty plea to facilitation of murder in July 2019. Credit: Tennessee Department of Corrections Sherra Wright Published: 9:43 AM CDT June 9, 2021 Updated: 9:43 AM CDT June 9, 2021 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A judge has reset a hearing 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.  Sherra Wright filed a petition for relief of convic...

WBBJ TV June 9, 2021 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – A judge has reset a hearing 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. Sherra Wright filed a petition for relief of conviction or sentence after her surprise guilty plea to facilitation of murder in July 2019. She has asked Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee to hold an evidentiary hearing on her petition. A hearing had been scheduled for Tuesday but it was rescheduled by her attorney and Coffee for July 6. Sherra Wright is currently serving a 30-yea...

Trial in former NBA player's killing set for January 2022 ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2018, file photo, defendant Billy Ray Turner, charged with killing NBA basketball star Lorenzen Wright, makes an appearance in Judge Lee V. Coffee's courtroom in Memphis, Tenn. Judge Coffee, on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, set a 2022 trial date for Turner, charged with conspiring with the ex-wife of Wright to kill the former NBA player nearly 11 years ago in Memphis. (Mark Weber/The Commercial Appeal via AP, File)Mark Weber/APShow MoreShow Less 2o...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge Wednesday set a 2022 trial date for a man...

A January 2022 trial date has been set for the man accused in the 2010 killing of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright. Billy Ray Turner is charged with conspiring with Wright's ex-wife in the slaying.