In a case that started with an altercation at a Jacksonville Beach bar, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that a car could be considered a “weapon” in increasing the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter.

The justices, in a 6-1 decision, rejected an appeal by Adam Shepard, who was convicted on a charge of manslaughter with a weapon after fatally striking Spencer Schott with a car in January 2011 following the altercation. Under state law, the use of a weapon bumped up the manslaughter charge from a second-degree felony to a first-degree felony, carrying a longer sentence.