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Message: [QUOTE="sdhall01, post: 4458431, member: 5387"] Well, I read it. If I could choose an “other dangerous weapons” case to try as defense counsel, it would probably be this one. There isn’t a helmet statute, so I figure they’re going to have to convince 12 people that a helmet is an other dangerous weapon capable of causing serious bodily injury and death by itself. Next, they’re going to have to convince 12 people that it qualifies as an other dangerous weapon when the person is wearing pads after playing a game where people get ejected at worst when they launch themselves and lead with their helmet. Most importantly, you’re going to have to make a jury care enough about this set of facts to convict someone of a [I]felony[/I]. I don’t think a jury would convict on that. Put another way, I wouldn’t want to be the line prosecutor that has to deal with it. That’s just this man’s uneducated opinion though. It’s certainly not legal advice. [/QUOTE]