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California Court of Appeal Holds Box Cutter Not ‘Inherently’ Deadly Weapon

Loaded on Sept. 20, 2018 by Dale Chappell published in Criminal Legal News October, 2018, page 17
Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Appeals. Location: California.

by Dale Chappell

A box cutter is a type of knife “designed to cut things and not people,” and was therefore not “inherently” a deadly weapon as a matter of law, the Court of Appeal of California Second Appellate District held, overturning a defendant’s conviction.

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