2C:33-1 - Riot; failure to disperse - New-jersey Statutes

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2C:33-1. Riot; failure to disperse
      a. Riot.    A person is guilty of riot if he participates with four or more others in a course of disorderly conduct as defined in section 2C:33-2a:

    (1) With purpose to commit or facilitate the commission of a crime;

     (2) With purpose to prevent or coerce official action; or

     (3) When he or any other participant, known to him, uses or plans to use a firearm or other deadly weapon.

     Riot if committed under circumstances set forth in paragraph (3) is a crime of the third degree. Otherwise riot is a crime of the fourth degree.

       b. Failure of disorderly persons to disperse upon official order. Where five or more persons are participating in a course of disorderly conduct as defined in section 2C:33-2 a. likely to cause substantial harm, a peace officer or other public servant engaged in executing or enforcing the law may order the participants and others in the immediate vicinity to disperse. A person who refuses or knowingly fails to obey such an order commits a disorderly persons offense.

     L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:33-1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by L.1979, c. 178, s. 63, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; L.1981, c. 290, s. 35, eff. Sept. 24, 1981.

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2C:33-1. Riot; failure to disperse
      a. Riot.    A person is guilty of riot if he participates with four or more others in a course of disorderly conduct as defined in section 2C:33-2a:

    (1) With purpose to commit or facilitate the commission of a crime;

     (2) With purpose to prevent or coerce official action; or

     (3) When he or any other participant, known to him, uses or plans to use a firearm or other deadly weapon.

     Riot if committed under circumstances set forth in paragraph (3) is a crime of the third degree. Otherwise riot is a crime of the fourth degree.

       b. Failure of disorderly persons to disperse upon official order. Where five or more persons are participating in a course of disorderly conduct as defined in section 2C:33-2 a. likely to cause substantial harm, a peace officer or other public servant engaged in executing or enforcing the law may order the participants and others in the immediate vicinity to disperse. A person who refuses or knowingly fails to obey such an order commits a disorderly persons offense.

     L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:33-1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by L.1979, c. 178, s. 63, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; L.1981, c. 290, s. 35, eff. Sept. 24, 1981.

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2C:33-1. Riot; failure to disperse
      a. Riot.    A person is guilty of riot if he participates with four or more others in a course of disorderly conduct as defined in section 2C:33-2a:

    (1) With purpose to commit or facilitate the commission of a crime;

     (2) With purpose to prevent or coerce official action; or

     (3) When he or any other participant, known to him, uses or plans to use a firearm or other deadly weapon.

     Riot if committed under circumstances set forth in paragraph (3) is a crime of the third degree. Otherwise riot is a crime of the fourth degree.

       b. Failure of disorderly persons to disperse upon official order. Where five or more persons are participating in a course of disorderly conduct as defined in section 2C:33-2 a. likely to cause substantial harm, a peace officer or other public servant engaged in executing or enforcing the law may order the participants and others in the immediate vicinity to disperse. A person who refuses or knowingly fails to obey such an order commits a disorderly persons offense.

     L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:33-1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by L.1979, c. 178, s. 63, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; L.1981, c. 290, s. 35, eff. Sept. 24, 1981.