Adam Lloyd Shepard, Petitioner v. State of Florida, Respondent.

Summary

The Court held that an automobile qualifies as a weapon under Florida's felony-reclassification statute when it is used to inflict harm on another. It further held that whether an object was used as a weapon is ordinarily a question of fact for the jury, and it approved the First District's decision while disapproving contrary authority to the extent it held otherwise. Justice Pariente, dissenting, would have retained the narrower definition and required an explicit finding that the defendant intended to use the object to inflict harm.