98-7001FAULDER, JOSEPH STANLEY V. JOHNSON, DIR., TX DOCJ

(A-436)

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.