(ORDER LIST: 520 U.S.)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1997

CERTIORARI DENIED

96-8624 BROWN, JOHN ASHELY V. CAIN, WARDEN, ET AL.,

(A-728)

The application for stay of execution of

sentence of death presented to Justice Scalia

and by him referred to the Court is denied.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.