"Be in the know. "In basketball when you get a rebound, that gives you a second chance," he said. "That's all I want, is my grandkids," Marion said. He has already pleaded guilty to a gun charge related to Lorenzen Wright's shooting.Sherra Wright pleads guilty. Turner's trial remains scheduled for Sept. 16. His body was discovered in a swampy field 10 days after he went missing. WREG continues our LIVE Team 3 coverage with the latest developments both on-air and online. "And Marion promised to fight Wright's parole at future hearings.It wasn't immediately clear how Thursday's court action will affect the upcoming trial of Sherra Wright's co-defendant, Billy Turner, who prosecutors say is a co-conspirator in the murder of Lorenzen Wright.
"She feared that Mr. Wright would never leave her alone, and she recruited Billy Turner to kill Mr. Police determined he was shot in the early hours of July 19. Judge Lee Coffee sentenced her to 30 years in prison. By then, the body had badly decomposed under the sun and rain. Marion said she has not been able to visit them. MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The ex-wife of slain former NBA player Lorenzen Wright pleaded guilty Thursday to facilitation of first-degree murder in his shooting death nine years ago, a surprise development in one of the biggest murder cases in the history of Memphis.Sherra Wright also pleaded guilty to facilitation of a criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder in a hearing in Shelby County Criminal Court. "This would give us a second chance to bring some closure to this case and give this grieving family some relief. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.At 6-foot-11, he was a first-round pick in the NBA draft and played 13 seasons in the league, including a stint with the Memphis Grizzlies.But Wright's retirement ended in a shocking, violent manner.His bullet-ridden body was found in a swampy field outside Memphis in July 2010. He was visiting his children.A 911 call was placed from his phone in the early hours of July 19, but the call was interrupted by gunfire, police said. "Sherra Wright received $1 million from her ex-husband's life insurance policy. They want to see me, I want to see them.”In the plea bargain, Sherra Wright would be eligible for parole in eight years.
"I'm just going to say because of my children, I have made this decision, and because of them I'm not going to go into many more details right now, but I'm just going to say everything is not what it seems," she was quoted as telling the paper.Lorenzen Wright's family members agreed to the plea deal, prosecutor Paul Hagerman said.
Lorenzen Vern-Gagne Wright (November 4, 1975 – July 19, 2010) was an American professional basketball player who played thirteen seasons in the National Basketball Association. "Celebration is not the right word," Hagerman said. ""The beatings were consistent, and it led to her face being disfigured," Ganguli said. He played with the Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings before finishing his NBA career in 2008-2009 with the Cleveland Cavaliers.Wright, who had six children, completed his degree at the University of Memphis in 2003, according to the NBA's website.More women say California surgeon drugged, raped them "This is obviously a violent offense, an offense that has torn apart a family, an offense that's been highlighted throughout Memphis and the media and everything else," Hagerman said after the hearing.Sherra Wright and co-defendant Billy Turner were charged in December 2017 with first-degree murder.
However, Mr. Wright died on July 19, 2010, in Memphis. Stream it all here: Hagerman would not say whether Sherra Wright would testify during Turner's trial.Turner, a landscaper in the Memphis suburb of Collierville, and Sherra Wright attended the same church. Coffee said Wright would be eligible for parole once she served 30% of her sentence, which would be around nine years.Sherra Wright had been scheduled to face a jury in a September trial on first-degree murder charges in the death of her ex-husband. Former NBA players and friends including Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway and Elliot Perry attended a memorial service for Wright in the days after his body was found.Hagerman, the prosecutor, said the case frustrated law enforcement for years and the guilty plea was an important step toward healing Lorenzen Wright's family and the city. Lorenzen Wright was shot to death in July 2010.
"We still have a co-defendant pending. He played for the Memphis Tigers in college and the Memphis Grizzlies during his 13 seasons as a forward and center in the NBA.Hagerman, the prosecutor, said the case frustrated law enforcement for years and the guilty plea was an important step toward healing by Lorenzen Wright's family and the city. The ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright on Thursday admitted that she planned his 2010 slaying and will spend between eight and 30 years behind bars.Sherra Wright pleaded guilty in a Memphis court to facilitation to first-degree murder, and facilitation to attempted murder on an earlier attempt to kill the 13-year pro basketball player.In exchange for pleading guilty, a first-degree murder charge against her was dismissed. That is all I want is my grandkids. Sherra Wright Robinson is the ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright. The 911 center in Germantown, a Memphis suburb, fielded the call and didn't share the information with Memphis police for days.His mother reported Wright missing July 22. Sherra Wright-Robinson, 46, was taken into custody in California and charged with conspiring with a Memphis-area man to kill her former husband in 2010. Rallings didn't say exactly what led police to make the arrests and didn't provide a motive for the killing.
Marion said she would like to see Sherra Wright serve the full 30-year prison sentence.Defense attorney Juni Ganguli told reporters outside the courtroom that Sherra Wright's defense at trial would have been that her ex-husband beat her for years and she was tired of it.