Docket No. 83127-Agenda 8-March 1999.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. NIELS NIELSON, Appellant.
Opinion filed June 17, 1999.
JUSTICE RATHJE delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant, Niels Nielson, was charged by indictment with six counts of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a) (1), (a)(2)(West 1996)) and two counts of concealing a homicidal death (720 ILCS 5/9-3.1(a) (West 1996)). A jury convicteddefendant of two of the first degree murder counts and both concealment counts. The same jury sentenced defendant todeath, and the circuit court of Wayne County imposed two extended 10-year prison terms for the concealment convictions.Defendant's execution has been stayed pending direct review by this court. Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI,