Nebraska Supreme Court hears arguments for new trial in double murder case

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) – A Nebraska man convicted of a 1988 double homicide in western Nebraska is looking for a brand new trial.

Attorneys argued the case earlier than the Nebraska Supreme Courtroom Tuesday morning.

Jeffrey Boppre’s attorneys say it’s an enchantment primarily based on new proof and sworn testimony from two ladies who say a special man is accountable.

Boppre is convicted of killing Richard Valdez and Sharon Condon in a Scottsbluff house.

An legal professional for Boppre argued that new proof was by no means examined by a choose in a decrease courtroom earlier than tossing the case.

”That’s what Nebraska lawmakers enacted in 2015, it was compromised,” Lawyer Sara Shaw Tatim mentioned. “That was what the courtroom was sure to use beneath, and what it didn’t even cite.”

Stacy Foust with the Nebraska Lawyer Basic’s Workplace argues the conviction ought to stand.

”This case isn’t about an harmless man who has misplaced a possibility to be heard,” Foust mentioned. “Now, he’s been heard a number of occasions. We’re up right here for Boppre proper now. This case is a couple of litigious defendant who merely can’t settle for the finality of his convictions.”

Boppre is serving two life sentences. He’s maintained for 3 a long time that he was framed.

The Nebraska judicial system has upheld his convictions quite a few occasions.

The Supreme Courtroom will think about the case and concern an opinion at a later date.

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