Justice O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:
On January 31, 1986, defendant Robert Langford shot James Allen and John Goolsby to death while they were standing near an apartment building at 345 West 72nd Street in Chicago. Defendant subsequently was convicted of the murders (Ill.Rev. Stat.1985, ch. 38, par. 9-1) following a jury trial. The jury declined the State's request to impose a death sentence, and defendant
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