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2024 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 53a - Penal Code
Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses
Section 53a-178. - Inciting to riot: Class A misdemeanor.
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CT Gen Stat § 53a-178. (2024)
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(a) A person is guilty of inciting to riot when he advocates, urges or organizes six or more persons to engage in tumultuous and violent conduct of a kind likely to cause public alarm.
(b) Inciting to riot is a class A misdemeanor.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 180; P.A. 92-260, S. 66.)
History: P.A. 92-260 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “create” with “cause”.
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