The PEOPLE v. Ruscitti

The defendant, Tullio Ruscitti, and one Harry Harding were jointly indicted by the grand jury of the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of armed robbery. Harding pleaded guilty and the defendant was tried by the court without a jury and found guilty. We have issued a writ of error to review the judgment of conviction.

We have found it difficult to understand the contentions advanced by the defendant on this writ of error. He argues that, in some manner, his indictment and subsequent conviction deprived him of due process of law and the equal protection of the laws. This contention…