· 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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