(ORDER LIST: 520 U.S.)
(ORDER LIST: 520 U.S.)

                               THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1997
                               THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1997



HABEAS CORPUS DENIED
HABEAS CORPUS DENIED


96-8858        IN RE WALTER HILL
(A-777)          
           
                    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.