A constitutional challenge to New York’s illegal firearms possession statute, coming in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s finding that the state’s concealed-carry application process violates the Second Amendment, will be heard by the state Court of Appeals.

Associate Judge Jenny Rivera granted a motion for leave for the court to hear the appeal of a Bronx man conviction on a gun-possession charge that landed him a sentence of 16 years to life in prison. 

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