Whether the Federal Constitution prohibits a state court from denying consideration of a federal claim brought after petitioner's convictions became final, when (1) the state highest court's determination rests on Federal Law, but (2) the state highest court's determination is in conflict with decisions of this Court and with a decision of a Federal court of appeals, and the state statutory-interpretation (a) had undone a judicial legislation, (b) produced a substantive decision, (c) its result was dictated by precedent, and (d) it brought no change of law in petitioner's case?
Whether Nebraska, can keep petitioner incarcerated when, based on a state statutory interpretation after his convictions became final, it revealed that his convictions and sentences are prohibited by the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment?
Whether the Federal Constitution prohibits a state court from denying consideration of a federal claim brought after petitioner's convictions became final