The PEOPLE v. Rossolille

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, Richard Rossolille was convicted of burglary and sentenced to from 3 to 10 years imprisonment. He appeals directly to this court, alleging that his constitutional rights were violated by the refusal of the trial judge to order the suppression of evidence and that the trial court erred in finding him guilty based on the assertedly uncorroborated, perjured, and contradictory testimony of an alleged accomplice.

At approximately 2:3o A.M. on March 1, 1963, Officer Ronald Kimball was driving southbound on Emerald Street in Chicago during…