:picard: I know someone who was charged with assault with a deadly weapon because he hurt someone by throwing a cell phone at them.
Here’s a quick definition from New Jersey law, specifically N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1b(2) (3)
Deadly Weapon is defined as any firearm or other weapon, device, instrument, material or substance, whether animate or inanimate, which in the manner it is used or is intended to be used is known to be capable of producing death or serious bodily injury.