Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Insanity Defense
Defendant was convicted, after bench trial, of 2 counts of 1st-degree murder and 2 counts of aggravated cruelty. Court properly rejected Defendant's insanity defense. Expert testimony supported that conclusion, and Defendant did not have history of mental illness; and shed tried to conceal evidence of her crimes and changed her story several times after the murders. (ZENOFF and HUDSON, concurring.)