In Disorderly Conduct, a riot means the assemblage of how many or more persons?

• A. Five or more
• B. Ten or more
• C. Eight or more
• D. Seven or more

Answer: (D)

The key idea is the number of people required to turn disorderly behavior into a riot. In this statute, a riot is defined as seven or more persons assembled together who engage in tumultuous or violent conduct that disturbs the public peace. The seven-person threshold matters because it separates ordinary rowdiness from a riot; fewer than seven can be disorderly conduct, but they don’t meet the riot element. So, when seven or more people are involved and their conduct is violent or tumultuous, it satisfies the riot definition. The other numbers don’t fit the statute’s specified minimum, which is seven.