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· 4/1/1971

The PEOPLE v. Simpkins

Citations

  • 268 N.E.2d 386
  • 48 Ill. 2d 106
  • 1971 Ill. LEXIS 370

How courts have described this case

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  • no fatal variance where the defendants were charged with disturbing the peace by firing a revolver but were found guilty based on different acts
  • where the defendants were charged with mob action in that they disturbed the peace “by firing a revolver,” but the evidence showed that they disturbed the peace differently, the phrase “by firing a revolver” was surplusage

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Judges: William J. Scott

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