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The Pellet and the Blade
United States v. Odom (2020)
Charge: Assault with a dangerous weapon (high seas)Court: U.S. District Court, N.D. FloridaState: FloridaDocket: Overboard
Did the crewman assault the captain with a dangerous weapon meaning to do him bodily harm?
The facts
A commercial fishing boat was working about twenty miles offshore with a captain and two crew aboard. Late in the evening one of the crew shot the captain in the chest with a pellet rifle. He then stabbed him twice. The wounds bled heavily at once. The boat was well out of sight of land, with nobody aboard but the three of them, and the captain survived.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: United States v. Odom (N.D. Fla. 2020)
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