Hatcher, IV v. State of Florida

Opinion

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT

JOSEPH HATCHER,

Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

No. 2D2023-1691

January 17, 2025

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Manatee County; Lee E. Haworth, Judge.

Blair Allen, Public Defender and Christine Trakas Thornhill, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Crim.) 15.1 ("An object not designed to inflict bodily harm may be a 'weapon' if it was . . . threatened to be used . . . in a manner likely to cause bodily harm."); see also Shepard v. State, 259 So. 3d 701, 707 (Fla. 2018) (concluding that whether an object is being used as a weapon during the commission of a felony is a question of fact for the jury).

KELLY, BLACK, and LUCAS, JJ., Concur. Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.