(ORDER LIST:  531 U.S.)


                           THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2001


                               CERTIORARI DENIED


00-7584     GOODWIN, ALVIN U. V. JOHNSON, DIR., TX DOCJ
(00A549)

                  The application for stay of execution of sentence of death 

            presented to Justice Scalia and by him referred to th e Court 

            is denied.  The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.

                  Justice Stevens, Justice Souter, Justice Ginsburg, and 

            Justice Breyer would grant the application for stay of execution.