People v. Hunter

delivered tíre opinion of the court:

Defendant, William H. Hunter was charged with the crime of murder. After a jury trial he was found guilty of the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to serve not less than two nor more than five years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. The sole issue raised by defendant on appeal is whether the trial court erred by imposing an excessive sentence upon defendant which departed from the spirit and requirement of the constitution that sentences be proportionate to the nature of the offense and that they take into account the…