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Murder defendant slips restraints in court, stabs his lawyer with pen. All good, attorney says (www.latimes.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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[–] 5 points 2 years 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.

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