People v. Orr

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant Angelo Orr was convicted of one count of aggravated arson (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 20—1.1(a)(1)) and three counts of arson (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 20—1(a)). The trial court sentenced defendant to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 25 years for the aggravated-arson conviction and 7 years for each of two of the arson convictions. On appeal, defendant raises the following questions for our review.(1) Whether section 20—1.1(a)(1) of the aggravated-arson statute (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par.…