People v. Lockwood

JUSTICE McMORROW *

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of aggravated arson and sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment. On appeal, he contends that the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; that he was prevented from eliciting evidence supporting his theory of defense; that the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to instruct the jury on lesser offenses; and that the aggravated arson statute is unconstitutional.

The evidence adduced at trial is as follows. Gloria Snow testified that she lived in the first-floor…