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(ORDER LIST: 520 U.S.)


TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1997


ORDER IN PENDING CASE

No. 96 7151. Debra Faye Lewis, Petitioner v. United States.

The order granting the petition for a writ

of certiorari is amended to read:

The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed

in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a

writ of certiorari is granted limited to the following

question: Whether petitioner was properly charged and

convicted for the murder of her four year old stepdaughter

under the Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 13 and the

Louisiana child murder statute, 14 La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §30A(5),

and if not, whether the sentence was proper?


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