A jury convicted a Tennessee man in the slaying of NBA player Lorenzen Wright, whose bullet-riddled body was found in a field nearly 12 years ago.
to facilitation of murder in July 2019 and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
At the time of Wright’s slaying, Martin was facing charges of killing his girlfriend, and he said his cousin helped pay part of his legal fees. Martin was convicted and is currently serving prison time, in that case. He has received immunity from prosecution in the Wright case.Jim Weber via AP and Turner to kill Lorenzen Wright. Parts of his testimony were challenged by defense attorney John Keith Perry, who said the information Martin gave to investigators was a farce and full of lies.
Armed with handguns, Turner and Martin went to Wright’s condo in Atlanta, entered through a window and found someone sleeping on the couch in the living room — but it was not Lorenzen Wright, Martin testified. Turner and Martin returned home without killing anyone.NBAE via Getty Images
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