People v. Herzic

Mr. ChiEE Justice Klingbiel

delivered the opinion of the court:

After trial by jury in the criminal court of Cook County Frank A. Herzic was convicted of the crime of burglary. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for life, under the Habitual Criminal Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1947, chap. 38, par. 602.) He prosecutes this writ of error pro se, contending that the court erred in sentencing him as an habitual criminal. Only the common-law record is presented.

Section 1 of the Habitual Criminal Act, insofar as it is relevant, provides that “Whenever any person who has been convicted of burglary, grand…