IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE

STATE OF TENNESSEE, ex rel. ) JOHN JAY HOOKER, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) No. 01A01-9606-CH-00259 ) BROOK THOMPSON, et al., ) ) Appellees, ) ) ) STATE OF TENNESSEE, ex rel. ) LEWIS LASKA, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) No. 01A01-9606-CH-00280 ) BROOK THOMPSON, et al., ) ) Appellees, ) ) ) STATE OF TENNESSEE, ex rel. ) LEWIS LASKA, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) No. 01S01-9606-CH-00114 ) BROOK THOMPSON, et al., ) ) Appellees. )

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ORDER ____________________________________________________________________

These cases are before the Court upon a Motion for Leave to File an Amicus

Curiae Brief filed by Victor S. Johnson, III, District Attorney General for the Twentieth

Judicial District, and Appellant John Jay Hooker's Supplemental Petition to Rehear.

The Court having considered these matters, it is ORDERED:

1. The Motion for Leave to File an Amicus Curiae Brief is DENIED.

2. Appellant John Jay Hooker's Supplemental Petition to Rehear is

DENIED.

113552-1 ENTERED this 11th day of July, 1996.

________________________________________ WILLIAM H. D. FONES, CHIEF JUSTICE

________________________________________ MARTHA S. L. BLACK, JUSTICE

_______________________________________ LIN S. HOWARD, JUSTICE

_____________________________________ A. C. WHARTON, JR., JUSTICE

_________________________________ S. MORRIS HADDEN, JUSTICE

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