(ORDER LIST: 519 U.S.)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1996

ORDER IN PENDING CASE

96-6867	O'DELL JOSEPH ROGER V. NETHERLAND, WARDEN, ET AL.,

(A-424)

The application for stay of execution of sentence of	death presented to the Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is granted pending the disposition by this Court of the petition for a writ of certiorari. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this stay terminates automatically. In the event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, this stay shall continue pending the sending down of the judgment of this Court.