                         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.                   )

     ____________________________________________________________________

                                    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




113552-1
                                           2
