California Court of Appeal

Defendant's conviction for assault with a deadly weapon is affirmed where a pencil is a deadly weapon as a matter of law, even if it is not wielded with deadly force.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/10/2004
• Published 11/10/2004

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Maria Morrison, Los Angeles, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Janelle Boustany, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Marilyn L. George and Felicity Senoski, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.