Guam § 250 - ; Cal. §§ 260, 1205, 1215 (1971); Mass. ch. 269, §§ 1, 2; N.J. §
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 250 — ; Cal. §§ 260, 1205, 1215 (1971); Mass. ch. 269, §§ 1, 2; N.J. §, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 250. ; Cal. §§ 260, 1205, 1215 (1971); Mass. ch. 269, §§ 1, 2; N.J. §
2C:33-1, 2C:33-2.
CROSS-REFERENCES: cf. § 404, Penal Code.
COMMENT: The offense of Adisorderly conduct@ (§ 61.15) reaches the
violent, tumultuous, noisy and dangerous aspects of either individual or
group behavior. However, a distinct riot offense is justified: (1) to
provide aggravated penalties for disorderly conduct where the number of
participants makes the behavior especially alarming; (2) to provide penal
sanctions for disobeying police orders directing a disorderly mob to
disperse; and (3) to subject to police orders persons present but not
shown to be implicated in the disorderly behavior - a kind of Aexpanded
complicity,@ necessitated by the fact that police cannot be expected to
distinguish participants from non-participants intermingled in a mob.
Defining riot as an aggravation of disorderly conduct prevents
application of riot penalties to peaceful joint behavior of which the police
may disapprove on the ground that it tends to provoke others to violent
reactions, or even to assemblies to commit offenses unattended by
circumstances of disorder. Thus, this Section does not reach all of what
was formerly defined as Aunlawful assembly.@
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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