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

                              TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1997
                              TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1997



                              HABEAS CORPUS DENIED
                              HABEAS CORPUS DENIED


96-8891                IN RE TERRY WASHINGTON
(A-788)

               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 habeas corpus is denied.