99-1702TEXAS V. COBB, RAYMOND L.

(A-1007)

The application for stay presented to Justice Scalia and by

him referred to the Court is granted and it is ordered that the

mandate of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, case No. 72,807,

is hereby stayed pending the disposition of the petition for a

writ of certiorari. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari

be denied this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event

the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the stay shall

terminate upon the issuance of the mandate of this Court.