State of Missouri v. Raymond Robinson, (and) State of Missouri v. Steve Lomax

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 Mr. Robinson and Mr. Lomax with violating section 571.070.1,1 which prohibits them from carrying weapons due to their -have prior convictions for nonviolent felonies. The State appeals.

This Court reverses. This Court recently held in State v. Merritt, 467 S.W.3d 808 (Mo. banc 2015), and…