IN INTEREST OF W.M.

No. 85-2296.

491 So.2d 1263 (1986)

IN THE INTEREST OF W.M., a Child.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Jeffrey L. Anderson, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Sarah B. Mayer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STONE, Judge.

The defendant appeals the denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal on the charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The weapon used was a BB gun.

A weapon is a "deadly weapon" if it is used or threatened to be used in a way likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Crim.) p. 88. A BB gun has been found to be a deadly weapon, as it has the capability of inflicting great bodily harm. Duba v. State,<...

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