Justice QUINN delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a jury trial, defendant David Harris was convicted of first degree murder and attempted armed robbery. After the circuit court sentenced him to death (he had waived his right to a jury during the sentencing phase), he appealed both his conviction and sentence directly to the Illinois Supreme Court. The supreme court affirmed both. People v. Harris,
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