Duane Earl Pope v. Charles Thone, Governor Paul Douglas, Attorney General and Jerry Bolin, Superintendent of Institutions

Duane Earl Pope appeals the order of the district court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

Appellant was charged in a six-count indictment with violations of the federal bank robbery statute, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113(a), (b), (d), and (e), after robbing a Nebraska bank on June 4, 1965 and killing three bank employees during the course of the robbery. 1 He was convicted on all counts and sentenced to concurrent terms of twenty, ten, and twenty-five years for violations of sections 2113(a), (b), and (d) and to death on the three counts arising from the killings of the bank…