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· 7/25/1968

Forchion v. State

Citations

  • 214 So. 2d 751

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that a two foot long part of a broom handle thrown from twelve to fifteen feet away was not a deadly weapon
  • finding that a two foot long part of a broom handle thrown from twelve to fifteen feet away was not a deadly weapon
  • finding that a two-foot long piece of a broom handle thrown from twelve to fifteen feet away and inflicting only minor harm was not a deadly weapon
  • finding that a two foot long piece of a broom handle thrown from twelve to fifteen feet away and inflicting only minor harm was not a deadly weapon
  • evidence that defendant threw two foot long part of broom handle at victim from a distance of twelve to fifteen feet away insufficient to sustain conviction for aggravated assault
  • aggravated assault conviction reversed where defendant hit victim with \`what looked like part of a broom handle' approximately two feet in length\ thrown from a distance of twelve to fifteen feet

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Judges: Charles Carroll, C.J., and Pearson and Barkdull

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