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THE PEOPLE v. SIMPKINS

Nos. 42925, 42926, 42927 cons.

48 Ill.2d 106 (1971)

268 N.E.2d 386

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. MAURICE SIMPKINS et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed April 1, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MARSHALL PATNER and THOMAS MEITES, both of Chicago, appointed by the court, for appellants.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, and ROBERT A. NOVELLE and GEORGE ELSENER, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

Each of the three defendants, Maurice Simpkins, Wendell Ross, and Gerald Patten, was charged with violating section 25-1(a)(1) of the Criminal Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 25-1(a)(1).) Each complaint charged that the named defendant "has, on or about 23 July 69 at 51st St. and Ingleside committed the offense of Mob Action in that he did without authority of law and acting...

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