State v. Ferguson

OPINION

BEN H. CANTRELL, P.J., M.S.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which WILLIAM B. CAIN, J. and FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., Sp. J., joined.

The trial court restored the citizenship rights of a convicted felon, including the right to obtain a handgun permit. The district attorney filed a motion for the court to reconsider its decision in regard to gun rights, in light of statutes that disqualify individuals convicted of drug offenses from obtaining or carrying handguns. The trial court denied the motion. We reverse.

I

On March 19, 1987, John Hill Ferguson was indicted by the Lawrence County…