People v. Berg

Defendant, Stanley Berg, was charged by indictment on January 18, 1995, with one count of arson (720 ILCS 5/20 — 1(b) (West 1994)) and four counts of aggravated arson (720 ILCS 5/20 — 1.1(a) (West 1994)) in connection with a fire to a residence that occurred on November 16, 1988, in Lake Bluff, Illinois. The State appeals from the circuit court’s order of February 28, 1995, granting defendant’s motion to dismiss the aggravated arson counts because the prosecution of these charges was barred by the three-year statute of limitations governing felonies generally (see 720 ILCS 5/3 — 5(b) (West…