Case Name: R.T., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-04-17
Citations: 448 So. 2d 604
Docket Number: No. 83-533
Parties: R.T., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., DANIEL S. PEARSON, J., and LESTER M. IGNATIUS, Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 448
Pages: 604–604

Head Matter:
R.T., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 83-533.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 17, 1984.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Beth C. Weitzner, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., DANIEL S. PEARSON, J., and LESTER M. IGNATIUS, Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The juvenile appeals from an adjudication of delinquency for carrying a concealed weapon. We reverse.
Section 790.001(3)(a), Florida Statutes (1981) defines a concealed weapon as follows:
"Concealed weapon" means any dirk, metallic knuckles, slungshot, billie, tear gas gun, chemical weapon or device, or any other deadly weapon carried on or about a person in such a manner as to conceal said weapon from the ordinary sight of another person.
Under the statute, the instrument carried by the juvenile may only be construed as a concealed weapon if it is either a "dirk" or "any other deadly weapon." There was no proof adduced at trial that the instrument was a "straight stabbing weapon" so as to constitute a dirk, see Miller v. State, 421 So.2d 746, 747, n. 1 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982), nor was there testimony that the juvenile intended to use the instrument as a deadly weapon. See McCray v. State, 358 So.2d 615 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978).
Reversed.