(ORDER LIST: 519 U.S.)
(ORDER LIST: 519 U.S.)


                            TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1997
                            TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1997


CERTIORARI DENIED
CERTIORARI DENIED


96-7635         SCHNEIDER, ERIC ADAM V. MISSOURI
(A-535)
            
                    The application for stay of execution of

               sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas

               and by him referred to the Court is denied.

               The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.