The People v. Kazmierczyk

The sole question in this case is whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the conviction of Mitchell Kazmierczyk, a nineteen-year-old youth, on the charge of raping Geraldine Schreiber, a fourteen-year-old girl. Mitchell, who waived a jury trial, was found guilty in the criminal court of Cook county and given the minimum sentence of one year in the penitentiary. He brings the case here for review by writ of error.

Geraldine and her companion, Elaine Sorenson, had been keeping company in a very informal manner with two boys, Clarence Troy and Fred Rapala. It was a friendship which began…