What is the definition of a "dangerous or deadly" weapon?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Estrada, F071935 (Cal. App. 2019):
The instrumentalities falling into the second class, such as ordinary razors, pocket knives, hatpins, canes, hammers, hatchets and other sharp or heavy objects, which are not weapons in the strict sense of the word and are not "dangerous or deadly" to others in the ordinary use for which they are designed, may not be said as a matter of law to be "dangerous or deadly weapons."'" (Id. at pp. 327-328, quoting People v. Raleigh (1932) 128 Cal.App. 105, 108.)
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