People v. Ruffalo

* Mr. JUSTICE BUCKLEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Rocco RufFalo, appeals from a judgment of conviction entered against him in Cook County Circuit Court on January 20, 1977, for the offenses of attempted burglary and possession of a burglary tool. The sole issue presented on appeal is whether the defendant was denied due process of law because of the failure of the prosecution to provide him with certain evidence. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

The facts upon which resolution of this appeal depend are the following:

At trial, Daniel Lukensmeyer, a Chicago police…