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PEOPLE v. BARNES

No. 12194.

23 Ill. App.3d 390 (1974)

319 N.E.2d 248

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STEVEN MICHAEL BARNES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

November 14, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. McNichols and John L. Swartz, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Paul R. Welch, State's Attorney, of Bloomington (Michael Prall, of Circuit Attorneys Project, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAVEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter by a jury and was sentenced to imprisonment of 6 to 18 years. The sole issue raised on this appeal is the alleged excessiveness of sentence.

On November 16, 1971, defendant (an A.W.O.L. 18-year-old marine) was picked up by Charles R. Cloud in Champaign as the defendant was hitchhiking to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to visit his sister...

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