The People v. Grod

Plaintiff in error, Michael Cerese, was convicted in the criminal court of Cook county, in a trial without a jury, of the crime o'f burglary. The court found he had been previously convicted of a felony, and sentenced him to the penitentiary for life.

The sole question for decision in this case involves the use by the People, over the objections of the defendant, of evidence obtained from a search of the home of the defendant without any warrant so to do. There is other evidence in the record tending to connect the defendant with the burglary which it is unnecessary to consider, as the trial…