The PEOPLE v. Simpkins

Each of the three defendants, Maurice Simpkins, Wendell Ross, and Gerald Patten, was charged with violating section 25 — 1(a)(1) of the Criminal Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 25 — 1(a)(1).) Each complaint charged that the named defendant “has, on or about 23 July 69 at 51st St. and Ingleside committed the offense of Mob Action in that he did without authority of law and acting togethér with [the other two defendants and other named persons] use force in such manner as to disturb the peace by firing a revolver * * After a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the…