
    Ronald B. SMITH, Applicant, v. ALABAMA.
    No. 16A569.
    Supreme Court of the United States
    Dec. 8, 2016.
    ORDER
   CLARENCE THOMAS, Associate Justice.

UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicant,

IT IS ORDERED that execution of the sentence of death is hereby stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court.  