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720 ILCS 5/25-1 (2026)

Mob action

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(720 ILCS 5/25-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 25-1)
    Sec. 25-1. Mob action.
    (a) A person commits mob action when he or she engages in any of the following:
        (1) the knowing or reckless use of force or violence
    
disturbing the public peace by 2 or more persons acting together and without authority of law;
        (2) the knowing assembly of 2 or more persons with
    
the intent to commit or facilitate the commission of a felony or misdemeanor; or
        (3) the knowing assembly of 2 or more persons,
    
without authority of law, for the purpose of doing violence to the person or property of anyone supposed to have been guilty of a violation of the law, or for the purpose of exercising correctional powers or regulative powers over any person by violence.
    (b) Sentence.
        (1) Mob action in violation of paragraph (1) of
    
subsection (a) is a Class 4 felony.
        (2) Mob action in violation of paragraphs (2) and (3)
    
of subsection (a) is a Class C misdemeanor.
        (3) A participant in a mob action that by violence
    
inflicts injury to the person or property of another commits a Class 4 felony.
        (4) A participant in a mob action who does not
    
withdraw when commanded to do so by a peace officer commits a Class A misdemeanor.
        (5) In addition to any other sentence that may be
    
imposed, a court shall order any person convicted of mob action to perform community service for not less than 30 and not more than 120 hours, if community service is available in the jurisdiction and is funded and approved by the county board of the county where the offense was committed. In addition, whenever any person is placed on supervision for an alleged offense under this Section, the supervision shall be conditioned upon the performance of the community service. This paragraph does not apply when the court imposes a sentence of incarceration.
(Source: P.A. 96-710, eff. 1-1-10; 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 68 cases (23 in the last 5 years), 1995–2026 · leading case: People v. Davis, 821 N.E.2d 1154 (Ill. 2004).
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People v. Davis, 821 N.E.2d 1154 (Ill. 2004). · cites it 6× “Count I alleged first degree knowing murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2) (West 1998)), and count II alleged first degree felony murder predicated on mob action (720 ILCS 5/25-1(a)(1) (West 1998)). At the jury instructions conference, the circuit court of Madison County indicated it…”
People v. Barnes, 2017 IL App (1st) 142886 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 4× “See 720 ILCS 5/25-1(a) (West 2008) (prohibiting "[t]he use of force or violence disturbing the public peace by 2 or more persons acting together and without authority of law").”
People v. Figueroa, 2020 IL App (2d) 160650 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “8(a)(1) (West 2012)), and mob action (720 ILCS 5/25-1(a)(1) (West 2012)). The jury further found that defendant committed the offenses of first degree murder and attempted first degree murder while armed with a firearm.”
Gonzalez v. City of Elgin, 578 F.3d 526 (7th Cir. 2009). “See 720 ILCS 5/25-1(a)(1) (defining mob action as “[t]he use of force or violence disturbing the public peace by 2 or more persons acting together and without authority of law”); 720 ILCS 5/25-l(a)(2) (defining mob action as “[t]he assembly of 2 or more persons to do an unlawful…”
In re Dionte J., 2013 IL App (1st) 110700 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 4× “] committed the offense of First Degree Murder, in that the above-named minor, without lawful justification, while committing a forcible felony, Mob Action, in violation of Section 720 ILCS 5/25-1(a)(1) of Act 5 of Chapter 720, struck Derrion Albert about the body and stomped on…”
People v. Bush, 2023 IL 128747 (Ill. 2023). “” 720 ILCS 5/25-1(a)(1) (West 2016); id. § 9-1(a)(3) (providing that a person is guilty of first degree murder where he or she “is attempting or committing a forcible felony other than second degree murder” and an individual dies in the course of or in furtherance of the…”
People v. Davison, 923 N.E.2d 781 (Ill. 2010). · cites it 2× “It was undisputed that sometime after the fight defendant and his co-offenders searched for the victim and, after locating him, pursued him on foot and by car.”
People v. Jones, 797 N.E.2d 640 (Ill. 2003). “Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court: The State charged defendant, Esmon Vinci Jones, with three counts of aggravated battery (720 ILCS 5/12-4(a), (b)(8), (b)(10) (West 2000)), one count of robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-1 (West 2000)), and one count of mob action (720 ILCS…”
People v. Nance, 724 N.E.2d 889 (Ill. 2000). · cites it 3× “" 720 ILCS 5/25-1(a)(2) (West 1996). Following a hearing, the circuit court of Cook County dismissed the complaint with prejudice, holding that the statute violates the first and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution (U.”
People v. Knapp, 2019 IL App (2d) 160162 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “OPINION ¶1 Defendant Justin Knapp was convicted of attempted first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/8-4(a), 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 2008)), two counts of aggravated battery (720 ILCS 5/12-4(b)(1), (b)(8) (West 2008)) and mob action (720 ILCS 5/25-1(a)(1) (West 2008)). The trial court…”
People v. Barnes, 2017 IL App (1st) 142886 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 4× “See 720 ILCS 5/25-1(a) (West 2008) (prohibiting “[t]he use of force or violence disturbing the public peace by 2 or more persons acting together and without authority of law”).”
People v. Kent, 2016 IL App (2d) 140340 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 3× “Based on defendant’s and Wilson’s conduct during the altercation, a bench trial resulted in defendant’s conviction of mob action (see 720 ILCS 5/25-1(a)(1) (West 2012)) and a sentence of 2½ years’ imprisonment.”
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— 720 ILCS 5/25-1(a) — 4 cases
People v. Barnes, 2017 IL App (1st) 142886 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “See 720 ILCS 5/25-1(a) (West 2008) (prohibiting "[t]he use of force or violence disturbing the public peace by 2 or more persons acting together and without authority of law").”
People v. Barnes, 2017 IL App (1st) 142886 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “See 720 ILCS 5/25-1(a) (West 2008) (prohibiting “[t]he use of force or violence disturbing the public peace by 2 or more persons acting together and without authority of law”).”
In Re Bc, 680 N.E.2d 1355 (Ill. 1997).
People v. Sims, 2026 IL App (1st) 231225-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2026).
— 720 ILCS 5/25-1(a)(1) — 60 cases
People v. Davis, 821 N.E.2d 1154 (Ill. 2004). “Count I alleged first degree knowing murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2) (West 1998)), and count II alleged first degree felony murder predicated on mob action (720 ILCS 5/25-1(a)(1) (West 1998)). At the jury instructions conference, the circuit court of Madison County indicated it…”
People v. Figueroa, 2020 IL App (2d) 160650 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “8(a)(1) (West 2012)), and mob action (720 ILCS 5/25-1(a)(1) (West 2012)). The jury further found that defendant committed the offenses of first degree murder and attempted first degree murder while armed with a firearm.”
Gonzalez v. City of Elgin, 578 F.3d 526 (7th Cir. 2009). “See 720 ILCS 5/25-1(a)(1) (defining mob action as “[t]he use of force or violence disturbing the public peace by 2 or more persons acting together and without authority of law”); 720 ILCS 5/25-l(a)(2) (defining mob action as “[t]he assembly of 2 or more persons to do an unlawful…”
In re Dionte J., 2013 IL App (1st) 110700 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “] committed the offense of First Degree Murder, in that the above-named minor, without lawful justification, while committing a forcible felony, Mob Action, in violation of Section 720 ILCS 5/25-1(a)(1) of Act 5 of Chapter 720, struck Derrion Albert about the body and stomped on…”
People v. Bush, 2023 IL 128747 (Ill. 2023). “” 720 ILCS 5/25-1(a)(1) (West 2016); id. § 9-1(a)(3) (providing that a person is guilty of first degree murder where he or she “is attempting or committing a forcible felony other than second degree murder” and an individual dies in the course of or in furtherance of the…”
— 720 ILCS 5/25-1(a)(2) — 6 cases
People v. Nance, 724 N.E.2d 889 (Ill. 2000). “" 720 ILCS 5/25-1(a)(2) (West 1996). Following a hearing, the circuit court of Cook County dismissed the complaint with prejudice, holding that the statute violates the first and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution (U.”
People v. Williams, 838 N.E.2d 275 (Ill. App. Ct. 2005).
People v. Guerrero, 2020 IL App (1st) 162395-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020).
City of Naperville v. Penick, 2026 IL App (3d) 250217-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2026).
Jose Gonzalez v. City of Elgin (7th Cir. 2009).
— 720 ILCS 5/25-1(b) — 1 case
People v. Costic, 2020 IL App (3d) 150253-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020).
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