Jeff Boppre of Scottsbluff…serving a pair of life sentences for two drug-related murders nearly a quarter-century ago..has filed notice that he intends to appeal an order denying him any post conviction relief or reduction in his sentences.

The 8th U-S Circuit Court of Appeals last April denied Boppre’s request to make continued post-conviction relief challenges in federal court, a ruling he says in his filing this week in Scotts Bluff County District Court that he plans to challenge in the Nebraska Supreme Court.

Scotts Bluff County Attorney Doug Warner saying that the ruling indicates the federal appeals court will not consider any petitions that ask for additional appeal opportunities on the same issues without showing some merit.

District Judge Randy Lippstreu recently rejected Boppre’s request for a court appointed attorney to pursue his challenges, leading Boppre to say in his notice of intent that he will be acting as his own counsel.

Boppre was convicted of 1988 killings of 25 year old Richard Valdez and Valdez’s pregnant 19-year old girlfriend Sharon Condon at at the couple’s rural Scottsbluff

home, but has continued over the years to proclaim his innocence.

Among the most damning pieces of evidence at his trial was the first 3 letters of his last name, scrawled by the dying Valdez on the floor using his finger and white grease