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R.V. v. STATE

Nos. 85-904, 85-2029.

497 So.2d 912 (1986)

R.V., a Juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee. W.B., a Juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Karen M. Gottlieb, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant R.V., Louis K. Nicholas, II, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant W.B.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Julie S. Thornton, Mark S. Dunn, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and FERGUSON, JJ.

FERGUSON, Judge.

We agree with the trial court's factual determination that a nunchaku ("numchucks"), a potentially lethal device which originated from the martial arts, is a deadly weapon. Unlike other common objects which may be deadly only because of their use or threatened use, the sole modern use of a nunchaku is to cause great bodily harm.1 Appellants, who carried the nunchaku on their persons in a concealed manner, were properly...

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