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

                            WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1997
                            WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1997



                                CERTIORARI DENIED
                                CERTIORARI DENIED


96-8624        BROWN, JOHN ASHELY V. CAIN, WARDEN, ET AL.,
(A-728)
   

                    The application for stay of execution of

               sentence of death presented to Justice Scalia

               and by him referred to the Court is denied.

               The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.