V.M.N. v. State

As a result of his shooting the victim with darts from a blow gun, appellant was convicted of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The court withheld adjudication of delinquency and placed him on probation. He argues that the blow gun is, as a matter of law, not a deadly weapon. We affirm.

Appellant shot an acquaintance in the back with two darts from his blow gun. The victim was able to remove one dart, but it was necessary for him to have his mother remove the other. She testified that the dart she removed had penetrated *954approximately one inch into her son’s back. The victim did not…