WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1997
Bennie Demps vs Richard L. Dugger

No. 75,944 & 86,428

Place of Origin
Starke, Bradford County, Florida State Prison

Facts
Demps was convicted of murder for stabbing fellow inmate Alfred Sturgis in Florida State Prison on September 6, 1976. He and several other inmates now contend that another inmate, Leroy Colbreth, killed Sturgis. For this reason he challenges the validity of his sentence.