California v. Ceja
Annotate this CaseDefendant Edward Ceja was convicted by jury of being a felon in possession of ammunition and other charges. On appeal, Ceja’s sole claim was that the felon in possession of ammunition statute facially violated the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Another Court of Appeal recently held that California’s laws prohibiting felons from possessing firearms and ammunition did not violate the Constitution because “only law-abiding citizens are included among ‘the people’ whose right to bear arms is protected by the Second Amendment.” To this, the Court of Appeal agreed and affirmed the judgment.
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