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

                           THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1996
                           THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1996



                              HABEAS CORPUS DENIED
                              HABEAS CORPUS DENIED


96-6953               IN RE JOHN MILLS, JR.
(A-401)

               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.