People v. Nash

Shandra Nash, Richard Fuller, and Michael Johnson were arrested by Chicago police and charged by complaint with violating section 25 — 1(a)(2) of the Criminal Code of 1961, a subsection of the mob action statute prohibiting "[t]he assembly of 2 or more persons to do an unlawful act.” 720 ILCS 5/25 — 1(a)(2) (West 1992). Following a hearing, the circuit court of Cook County dismissed the complaints, holding that the statute violated the first and fourteenth amendments of the United States Constitution (U.S. Const., amends. I, XIV). The State appealed the dismissal pursuant to Rule 604(a)(1)…