V.M.N. v. STATE

No. 4D04-2431.

909 So.2d 953 (2005)

V.M.N., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 31, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Paul E. Petillo, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Heidi L. Bettendorf, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

As a result of his shooting the victim with darts from a blow gun, appellant was convicted of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The court withheld adjudication of delinquency and placed him on probation. He argues that the blow gun is, as a matter of law, not a deadly weapon. We affirm.

Appellant shot an acquaintance in the back with two darts from his blow gun. The victim was able to remove one dart, but it was necessary for him to have his...

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