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Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 19.01
Definition Of Mob Action--Unlawful Assembly
A person commits the offense of mob action when he
[1] acting together with one or more persons and without authority of law [(knowingly)
(intentionally) (recklessly)] disturbs the public peace by the use of force or violence.
[or]
[2] assembles with one or more persons to do an unlawful act, [(knowing) (intending)]
that the purpose of assembling was to perform the unlawful act.
[or]
[3] assembles with one or more persons without authority of law, [(knowing) (intending)
] that the purpose of assembling [(was to do violence to the person or propert y of anyone
supposed to have been guilty of a violation of the law) (was to exercise correctional powers or
regulative powers over any person by violence)].
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- 2026-08-19
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