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Ohio Rev. Code § 2917.02 (2026)

Aggravated riot

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Effective:
July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
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(A) No person shall participate with four or more others in a course of disorderly conduct in violation of section 2917.11 of the Revised Code:

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

(2) With purpose to commit or facilitate the commission of any offense of violence;

(3) When the offender or any participant to the knowledge of the offender has on or about the offender's or participant's person or under the offender's or participant's control, uses, or intends to use a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance, as defined in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code.

(B)(1) No person, being an inmate in a detention facility, shall violate division (A)(1) or (3) of this section.

(2) No person, being an inmate in a detention facility, shall violate division (A)(2) of this section or section 2917.03 of the Revised Code.

(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of aggravated riot. A violation of division (A)(1) or (3) of this section is a felony of the fifth degree. A violation of division (A)(2) or (B)(1) of this section is a felony of the fourth degree. A violation of division (B)(2) of this section is a felony of the third degree.

(D) As used in this section, "detention facility" has the same meaning as in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 49 cases (14 in the last 5 years), 1978–2025 · leading case: In re R.H., 2017 Ohio 7852 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017).
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In re R.H., 2017 Ohio 7852 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 30× “challenges the constitutionality of Ohio’s aggravated riot statute, R.C. 2917.02, because it incorporates Ohio’s disorderly conduct statute, R.”
Ward v. Summa Health Sys., 2010 Ohio 6275 (Ohio 2010). · cites it 2× “R.C. 2917.02(B) contains a number of exceptions.”
United States v. Demario Denson, 728 F.3d 603 (6th Cir. 2013). “” Ohio Rev.Code § 2917.02(A)(2). Stafford considered the defendant’s argument that an aggravated-riot conviction was not a “violent felony” under the ACCA because the term “offense of violence!’ used in the statute encompasses many offenses enumerated in § 2901.”
State v. Blatnik, 478 N.E.2d 1016 (Ohio Ct. App. 1984). “01 (inciting to violence), R.C. 2917.02 (aggravated riot), R.C. 2917.”
In re T.K., 849 N.E.2d 286 (Ohio 2006). “11(A)(2) and one count of a violation that, if committed by an adult, would be aggravated riot in violation of R.C. 2917.02(A)(2). All charges against the appellee contained a one-year and a three-year firearm specification and a gang specification.”
State v. Moore, 476 N.E.2d 355 (Ohio 1985). · cites it 2× “11, or division (A)(3) of section 2917.02 of the Revised Code for which violation the use of a firearm, or the offender’s having a firearm on or about his person or under his control, is an element of the offense.”
State v. Reed (Slip Opinion), 2020 Ohio 4255 (Ohio 2020). “42, (2) aggravated rioting, in violation of R.C. 2917.02(A)(2), and (3) assault, in violation of R.”
In Re Jesse S., 717 N.E.2d 1143 (Ohio Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 8× “delinquent for having violated R.C. 2917.02, aggravated riot. For the reasons that follow, this court reverses the judgment of the trial court.”
City of Hamilton v. Adkins, 461 N.E.2d 319 (Ohio Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× ““(B) A sentence of imprisonment shall be served consecutively to any other sentence of imprisonment, in the following cases: “(1) When the trial court specifies that it is to be served consecutively; “(2) When it is imposed for a violation of division (B) of section 2917.02,…”
State v. Blackwell, 474 N.E.2d 671 (Ohio Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “11, or division (A)(3) of section 2917.02 of the Revised Code for which violation the use of a firearm, or the offender’s having a firearm on or about his person or under his control, is an element of the offense.”
State v. Smith, 691 N.E.2d 324 (Ohio Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “Finally, appellant cites R.C. 2917.02 (aggravated riot) and 2945.42 (competency of witnesses) as grounds for holding inadmissible testimony regarding telephone conversations between Smith, his wife, and third persons.”
State v. Williams, 588 N.E.2d 180 (Ohio Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 3× “04) and aggravated riot (R.C. 2917.02). In three assignments of error, 1 Williams timely controverts the sufficiency and manifest weight of the evidence and contends the trial court erred in its charge of aiding and abetting.”
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— Ohio Rev. Code § 2917.02(A) — 3 cases
In re R.H., 2017 Ohio 7852 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “challenges the constitutionality of Ohio’s aggravated riot statute, R.C. 2917.02, because it incorporates Ohio’s disorderly conduct statute, R.”
State v. Brandon, 621 N.E.2d 776 (Ohio Ct. App. 1993).
In Re Jesse S., 717 N.E.2d 1143 (Ohio Ct. App. 1998). “delinquent for having violated R.C. 2917.02, aggravated riot. For the reasons that follow, this court reverses the judgment of the trial court.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2917.02(A)(1) — 3 cases
In re R.H., 2017 Ohio 7852 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “challenges the constitutionality of Ohio’s aggravated riot statute, R.C. 2917.02, because it incorporates Ohio’s disorderly conduct statute, R.”
In Re Jesse S., 717 N.E.2d 1143 (Ohio Ct. App. 1998). “delinquent for having violated R.C. 2917.02, aggravated riot. For the reasons that follow, this court reverses the judgment of the trial court.”
State v. Casiano, 2023 Ohio 3711 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2917.02(A)(2) — 28 cases
In re R.H., 2017 Ohio 7852 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “challenges the constitutionality of Ohio’s aggravated riot statute, R.C. 2917.02, because it incorporates Ohio’s disorderly conduct statute, R.”
United States v. Demario Denson, 728 F.3d 603 (6th Cir. 2013). “” Ohio Rev.Code § 2917.02(A)(2). Stafford considered the defendant’s argument that an aggravated-riot conviction was not a “violent felony” under the ACCA because the term “offense of violence!’ used in the statute encompasses many offenses enumerated in § 2901.”
In re T.K., 849 N.E.2d 286 (Ohio 2006). “11(A)(2) and one count of a violation that, if committed by an adult, would be aggravated riot in violation of R.C. 2917.02(A)(2). All charges against the appellee contained a one-year and a three-year firearm specification and a gang specification.”
State v. Reed (Slip Opinion), 2020 Ohio 4255 (Ohio 2020). “42, (2) aggravated rioting, in violation of R.C. 2917.02(A)(2), and (3) assault, in violation of R.”
State v. Ellis, 2014 Ohio 116 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2917.02(A)(3) — 2 cases
State v. Clinton, 2018 Ohio 3509 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018).
Hill v. Fender (N.D. Ohio 2024).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2917.02(B) — 3 cases
In re R.H., 2017 Ohio 7852 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “challenges the constitutionality of Ohio’s aggravated riot statute, R.C. 2917.02, because it incorporates Ohio’s disorderly conduct statute, R.”
Ward v. Summa Health Sys., 2010 Ohio 6275 (Ohio 2010). “R.C. 2917.02(B) contains a number of exceptions.”
State v. Richardson, 2018 Ohio 4254 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2917.02(B)(1) — 1 case
State v. Richardson, 2018 Ohio 4254 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2917.02(B)(1)(C) — 1 case
State v. Patterson, 2025 Ohio 4933 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2917.02(B)(2) — 4 cases
In re R.H., 2017 Ohio 7852 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “challenges the constitutionality of Ohio’s aggravated riot statute, R.C. 2917.02, because it incorporates Ohio’s disorderly conduct statute, R.”
State v. Kimbrough, 2020 Ohio 3175 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020).
In re C.R., 2021 Ohio 2456 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021).
State v. Williams, 2023 Ohio 1634 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023).
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