Holy shit!
Ex-MLB star Rafael Furcal faces felony charges in South Florida - ESPN
How do you “throw a missile into a public or private dwelling or vehicle?” And how does Florida have a specific statute that outlaws “throwing a missile into a public or private dwelling or vehicle?” Is that a big problem down there?
I think in this case “missile” refers to a projectile or object tossed or thrown by the assailant and not a SAM or ICBM, but then again it is Florida so who really knows?
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He always did have a good arm.
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Lot of purported textualist judges down there, so if was anything less than a Sidewinder the charge might not stick…
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I’m bored, so:
790.19 Shooting into or throwing deadly missiles into dwellings, public or private buildings, occupied or not occupied; vessels, aircraft, buses, railroad cars, streetcars, or other vehicles.—Whoever, wantonly or maliciously, shoots at, within, or into, or throws any missile or hurls or projects a stone or other hard substance which would produce death or great bodily harm, at, within, or in any public or private building, occupied or unoccupied, or public or private bus or any train, locomotive, railway car, caboose, cable railway car, street railway car, monorail car, or vehicle of any kind which is being used or occupied by any person, or any boat, vessel, ship, or barge lying in or plying the waters of this state, or aircraft flying through the airspace of this state shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
And no, the portion of the Florida Statutes that defines all the firearms and explosives and whatnot for purposes of the criminal law doesn’t define “missile.” So I assume they mean something like “projectile.”
You lawyers take the fun out of everything.
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In the words of Mae West:
" Is that a missile in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me "
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LA Times reporting he threw rocks at a guy in a Publix parking lot after a traffic dispute of some kind.