STATE of Missouri, Appellant,
v.
Pierre CLAY, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Opinion issued February 9, 2016.
Opinion issued February 9, 2016.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
The state was represented by Veronica Harwin and Aaron Levinson of the St. Louis circuit attorney's office in St. Louis, (314) 622-4941.
Clay was represented by David E. Roland of the Freedom Center of Missouri in Mexico, (314) 604-6621, and Nick A. Zotos , an attorney in St. Louis, (314) 534-1797.
The St. Louis archdiocese was represented by Thomas M. Buckley of St. Louis, (314) 792-7075.
The Demetrious Johnson Charitable Foundation was represented by Douglas P. Dowd and Lia Obata Dowd of Dowd & Dowd PC in St. Louis, (314) 621-2500.
SSM Health was represented by J. Andrew Walkup of St. Louis, (314) 994-7800.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri Foundation was represented by Anthony E. Rothert and Jessie Steffan of the ACLU in St. Louis, (314) 652-3114, and Gillian R. Wilcox of the ACLU in Kansas City, (816) 470-9933.
Laura Denvir Stith, Judge.
The State appeals the trial court's holding that the right to bear arms set out in article I, section 23 of the Missouri Constitution is violated by section 571.070.1,1 which prohibits nonviolent felons from possessing firearms. The trial court based its ruling on the adoption of Amendment...
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