C.A.W. v. State

The juvenile defendant below, C.A.W., was adjudicated delinquent for carrying a concealed weapon. C.A.W. appeals contending that the item he had concealed, a Chinese star, is not a deadly weapon.

A counselor at the Juvenile Assessment Center, testified that she met C.A.W. for his appointment and, as they were walking from the lobby to the conference room, C.A.W. revealed that he had a knife in his pocket. C.A.W. took out the knife and showed it to her. Officer David Allmond [“Allmond”], of the Orlando Police Department, was dispatched to the location. All-mond then conducted a patdown on…