RIGGINS v. STATE

No. 89-1712.

557 So.2d 185 (1990)

Talmedge RIGGINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Daren L. Shippy, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Jorge Espinosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HUBBART, BASKIN and GODERICH, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by the defendant Talmedge Riggins from a final judgment of conviction and sentence for (1) aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and (2) discharging a firearm in public. The defendant raises two points on appeal; we find no merit in either point and affirm.

First, the defendant contends that the revolver which he used to strike the victim in this case is not a "deadly weapon," and, therefore, he could not be convicted of aggravated...

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