People v. Hobbs

Defendant’s appeal is confined to the sole contention that the sentence imposed upon him for burglary was “too severe for the nature of the crime.” He argues that this is a proper case for the exercise of the power of reduction of sentence given to a reviewing court by the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Ill Rev Stats 1963, c 38, § 121-9 (b) (4)). Defendant seeks a reduction of his sentence “to the amount of time that he has served to date.”

On March 11, 1959, after a sanity hearing in which a jury returned a verdict, directed by the trial court, finding the defendant sane, the trial court…