(ORDER LIST: 529 U.S.)

THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2000

HABEAS CORPUS DENIED

99-8473IN RE FREDDIE LEE WRIGHT

(99A711)

The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Kennedy and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied. Justice Stevens, Justice Souter, Justice Ginsburg and Justice Breyer would grant the application for stay of execution and set the case for oral argument.