STATE of Missouri, Appellant,
v.
Raymond ROBINSON, Respondent.
State of Missouri, Appellant,
v.
Steve Lomax, 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
In SC94936, Robinson was represented by Patrick R. Kurtz of the public defender's office in St. Louis, (314) 340-7625.
In SC94989, Lomax was represented by Marissa Ulman of the public defender's office in St. Louis, (314) 340-7625.
The state was represented by Aaron Levinson and Veronica Harwin of the St. Louis circuit attorney's office in St. Louis, (314) 622-4941.
Several parties filed briefs as friends of the Court. The city of St. Louis was represented by Winston E. Calvert , Erin McGowan and Matthew, S. Dionne of the St. Louis city counselor's office in St. Louis, (314) 622-3361. The St. Louis Regional Chamber was represented by J. Bennett Clark , Lee Marshall , Jason Meyer and Mary Longenbaker of Bryan Cave LLP in St. Louis, (314) 259-2000, and Jason R. Hall of the regional chamber in St. Louis, (314) 444-1175. 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. The Freedom Center of Missouri was represented by David E. Roland of Mexico, Missouri, (314) 604-6621.
Laura Denvir Stith, Judge.
The trial courts in both State v. Robinson and State v. Lomax held that article I, section 23 of the Missouri Constitution, as amended by Amendment 5 adopted in 2014, does not permit the State to prohibit non-violent felons from bearing arms. On this basis these courts dismissed the criminal counts charging...
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