LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The Kentucky Court of Appeals issued a ruling Friday, overturning a Jefferson County judge’s decision to dismiss a felon-in-possession-of-a-firearm charge against a convicted felon with a lengthy criminal history.

In March 2024, Judge Melissa Logan Bellows dismissed the possession charge against Jecory Frazier . Her order found the charge against him to be unconstitutional.

Bellows addressed the precedent argued by the Commonwealth that Second Amendment rights apply only to law-abiding citizens. Bellows opined that “the Court simply stated that being law-abiding was sufficient to receive Second Amendment protections, it did not hold that being law-abiding was necessary.”

She went on to address the Commonwealth’s main argument that tied Second Amendment rights

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