Opinion ID: 2066016
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Heading: state's cross-argument regarding defendant's eligibility for death penalty

Text: The State argues that the defendant should have been found eligible for the death penalty under section 9-1(b)(3) of the Code, which states that a defendant is eligible for the death penalty if he is convicted of murder and the evidence shows that the defendant committed the killing intentionally. (Ill.Rev. Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 9-1(b)(3).) Having found the defendant eligible under section 9-1(b)(6), however, on the ground that the murders were committed during the course of an armed robbery (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 9-1(b)(6)), we do not address the State's argument on this point. For the reasons stated above, we affirm the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County. We direct the clerk of this court to enter an order setting Tuesday, September 12, 1995, as the date on which the sentence of death entered by the circuit court is to be carried out. The defendant shall be executed in a manner provided by law (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 119-5). The clerk of this court shall send a certified copy of the mandate in this case to the Director of Corrections, the warden at Stateville Correctional Center, and the warden of the institution where the defendant is now confined. Affirmed.