Case Name: Dexter MITCHELL, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-12-18
Citations: 703 So. 2d 1062
Docket Number: No. 91107
Parties: Dexter MITCHELL, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: KOGAN, C.J., HARDING, WELLS and ANSTEAD, JJ., and GRIMES, Senior Justice, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 703
Pages: 1062–1062

Head Matter:
Dexter MITCHELL, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 91107.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Dec. 18, 1997.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Carol J.Y. Wilson, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Clearwater, for Petitioner.
Robert A Butterworth, Attorney General; Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Chief of Criminal Law and Wendy Buffington, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent.

Opinion:
SHAW, Justice.
We have for review Mitchell v. State, 698 So.2d 555, 557 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997), wherein the district court certified:
If the State fails to prove that a BB pistol is loaded and operable at the time of an offense, can it be classified as a dangerous or deadly weapon when the defendant's actions cause the victim to reasonably believe that the BB pistol is loaded and operable?
We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We recently addressed this issue in Dale v. State, 703 So.2d 1045 (Fla.1997), wherein we held that whether a BB gun— loaded or unloaded — is a deadly weapon is a jury question. We approve Mitchell.
It is so ordered.
KOGAN, C.J., HARDING, WELLS and ANSTEAD, JJ., and GRIMES, Senior Justice, concur.