(ORDER LIST: 525 U.S.)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1998

ORDER IN PENDING CASE

98-7140CANTU-TZIN, ANDREW FLORES V. JOHNSON, DIR. TX DOCJ

(A-461)

The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Scalia and by him referred to the Court is granted 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 continue pending the sending down of the judgment of this Court.