98-8343LAGRAND, WALTER BURNHART V. ARIZONA

(A-734)

The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice O’Connor and by her referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.

Justice Breyer, joined by Justice Stevens, dissenting:

For the reasons set forth in my opinion dissenting from the denial of a stay in Federal Republic of Germany v. United States, No. 127, Orig., and because this petition for certiorari in part raises similar issues, I would grant a stay of execution.