Docket No. 76086--Agenda 2--November 1995.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. FRANK REDD, Appellant.

Opinion filed May 23, 1996.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the

defendant, Frank Redd, was convicted of the murder and the rape of Aretha and

Leola Bea. At a separate sentencing hearing, the same jury found the

defendant eligible for the death penalty. The jury further determined that

there were no mitigating circumstances sufficient to preclude imposition of

that sentence. The judge sentenced defendant to death for the murders and to

a term of 60 years' imprisonment for each of the rape convictions. The

defendant's execution has been stayed pending direct review by this court.

Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI,