The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice THOMAS and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.

Justice BREYER, dissenting from denial of certiorari and application for stay of execution.

I would grant the petition for writ of certiorari and application for stay of execution for the reasons stated in Conner v . Sellers , ante, p. ---- (BREYER, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari and application for stay of execution).