People v. Orrs

After trial by jury, Glenn A. Orrs, defendant, was convicted of the offense of felony escape and was sentenced to a term of five years’ imprisonment to run consecutively with terms he was already serving.

The evidence at defendant’s trial disclosed that he had been convicted of four charges of burglary and was serving four concurrent terms of from three to nine years of imprisonment. During his incarceration he was assigned to the Peoria Community Correctional Center, and on May 20, 1978, having been granted a “work release,” he was employed at a facility in Peoria known as the Faith, Hope,…