¶1Appeal from Sup. Ct. Neb. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Judgment vacated insofar as it leaves undisturbed the death penalty imposed, and case remanded for further proceedings. See Stewart v. Massachusetts, ante, p. 845. Mr. Justice Blackmun took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.
408 U.S. 933
Pope v. Nebraska
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 29, 1972
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1972-06-29
Key passage — most relied on by later courts
“insofar as it leaves undisturbed the death penalty imposed;”
quoted by 1 later decision, including Yates v. Breazeale
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1972-06-29
How this case has been cited
Cited by 721 later decisions (17 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2025 · most notably Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division (2003), Zant v. Stephens (1983)
55 federal appellate · 5 district · 614 state decisions — followed in 38 states
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