The People v. O'Kiersey

Defendant, Mary O’Kiersey, appeals directly to this court from a judgment in the circuit court of Cook County, wherein she was found guilty of possession of marijuana, a narcotic drug, and sentenced to six months probation.

The only question raised in this appeal concerns the validity of the search warrant by which certain incriminating evidence was seized and later used against the defendant at her trial. At the hearing on her motion to quash the search warrant and suppress the evidence, which was denied, it was adduced that the complaint which formed the basis for the issuance of the warrant…