Supreme Court of Florida

The decision in L.B. v. State, 700 So.2d 370, that a folding pocketknife with a blade of four inches or less falls within the statutory exception to the definition of a "weapon" found in Florida Statutes section 790.001(13), should not be applied retroactively.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/21/2002
• Published 11/21/2002

Judges

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• R. John Cole, II, Sarasota, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Katherine V. Blanco, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Respondent.