Riot

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  1. Any two or more persons who shall do an unlawful act of violence or any other act in a violent and tumultuous manner commit the offense of riot.
  2. Any persons who violate subsection (a) of this Code section are guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 811; Code 1863, § 4400; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 233, § 1; Code 1868, § 4441; Code 1873, § 4514; Code 1882, § 4514; Penal Code 1895, § 354; Penal Code 1910, § 360; Code 1933, § 26-5302; Code 1933, § 26-2601, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 53A Am. Jur. 2d, Mobs and Riots, § 1 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 77 C.J.S., Riot; Insurrection, § 1 et seq.

ALR.

- Unlawful parade as riot, 9 A.L.R. 552.

What constitutes riot within criminal law, 49 A.L.R. 1135.

What constitutes a "riot," "civil commotion," etc., within provisions of insurance policy, 121 A.L.R. 250.

Participation of student in demonstration on or near campus as warranting imposition of criminal liability for breach of peace, disorderly conduct, trespass, unlawful assembly, or similar offense, 32 A.L.R.3d 551.

Sufficiency of evidence to establish criminal participation by individual involved in gang fight or assault, 24 A.L.R.4th 243.

What constitutes sufficiently violent, tumultuous, forceful, aggressive, or terrorizing conduct to establish crime of riot in state courts, 38 A.L.R.4th 648.

Prosecutions of inmates of state or local penal institutions for crime of riot, 39 A.L.R.4th 1170.


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