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Murder defendant slips restraints in court, stabs his lawyer with pen. All good, attorney says (www.latimes.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, but then the term "deadly weapon" is kind of meaningless as it basically just means "assualt with a thing".

[–] Carighan 5 points 9 months ago

I think on a legal level it means it was an object that was being wielded as a weapon, and from the attack in the specific instance it was meant to kill and the object was capable of achieving that. Hence a deadly weapon.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I'd agree there. It should be whatever the US equivalent of aggravated assault is. But the charges you could levy bearing in mind he aimed for the head could go as far as attempted murder I guess.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Not entirely useless. "Assaulted with thing that could kill or maim under the circumstances at that time" is pretty relevant, even if it is super broad.

Spitting on someone Is assault. If I was on trial for spitting on someone I'd hate to get lumped together with the guy who caved someone's head in with a lead pipe.