1. Whether Gaede's 8th and 14th Amendment Rights to Due Process and to be Free from Excessive Punishment were Violated when the State of North Dakota used an Unconstitutional and Ex Post Facto Statute to Rule against him in a Post-Conviction Proceeding?

2. Whether Gaede's 8th and 14th Amendment Rights to Due Process and to be Free from Excessive Punishment were Violated when the North Dakota Supreme Court used a Repealed Statue to Rule against him in his Appellate Proceeding?

3. Whether Gaede's 5th Amendment Right was Violated when the State Denied him a Grand Jury so the Prosecution could Protect and Shield the Confessed Murderer in the Case and then use her to Testify against the Petitioner?

Whether Gaede's 8th and 14th Amendment Rights to Due Process and to be Free from Excessive Punishment were Violated