People v Carrington

Holding The court affirmed the conviction, holding that the defendant’s Second Amendment challenge to New York’s ‘good moral character’ licensing provision failed because it does not unconstitutionally confer open-ended discretion. The broader challenge to the licensing regime was rejected as the Court of Appeals had already determined it does not implicate Bruen’s historical tradition framework.

The court’s words

Defendant's waiver of the right to appeal does not foreclose from review his Second Amendment claim

2026 NY Slip Op 05603, at the official text

he has standing to raise his facial challenge to the constitutionality of New York's firearm licensing scheme

2026 NY Slip Op 05603, at the official text

defendant's challenge to New York's "good moral character" provision (Penal Law § 400.00[1][b]) is unavailing

2026 NY Slip Op 05603, at the official text

New York's "good moral character" provision does not unconstitutionally confer "open-ended discretion to licensing officials"

2026 NY Slip Op 05603, at the official text

is akin to the consideration of "dangerousness," a provision that, historically, "our Nation's firearm laws have included"

2026 NY Slip Op 05603, at the official text