People v. Baez 

Defendant pled guilty to two murders, and death penalty was imposed in bench proceedings. Circuit court denied Defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Trial judge's statements, at sentencing, indicated awareness of revised standard which had become effective six months prior. The evidence presented included a videotaped confession of stabbing and shooting one victim, and strangling and stabbing second victim after luring her to his apartment, and dismembering the bodies. Defendant did not establish that he was suffering from extreme mental or emotional disturbance at time of crimes; thus, death penalty was not excessive sentence. (KILBRIDE, FREEMAN, THOMAS, KARMEIER, and BURKE, concurring.)