STATE EX REL. PREJEAN v. BLACKBURN

Denied. Stay order extended for 30 days to permit relator to apply to the federal court.

DIXON, C.J., would grant the writ.

[3] DENNIS, J., dissents.

The applicant raises a serious question which will soon be decided by the United States Supreme Court — whether a person under the age of 18 at the time of his offense may be executed. For this reason I believe this Court should stay the applicant's execution only until the United States Supreme Court has decided the question.