Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Madison County, defendant, Ernest Perry, was convicted of two counts of murder under section 9-1(a) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill.Rev.Stat.1985, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)) and two counts of home invasion under section 12-11(a)(2) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill.Rev.Stat.1985, ch. 38, par. 12-11(a)(2)) in connection with the stabbing deaths of Alvin Autery and Mary Irwin...
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