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A North Carolina appeals court has thrown out the conviction of a man living in his car for having a gun within his vehicle in a parking lot for a university hospital where he went for emergency medical care.
An appeals court said a North Carolina man living in his car was wrongfully convicted when he parked near UNC Hospitals in 2021.
An Orange County jury in 2022 found Joseph John Radomski III guilty of firearm possession near the hospital on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has thrown out the conviction of a homeless man who kept guns in his car while seeking kidney treatment at UNC Hospitals in 2021. Appellate judges agreed the state law used to convict Joseph John Radomski III unconstitutionally restricted his Second Amendment rights.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina man living in his car was wrongfully convicted of having a semiautomatic weapon when he parked outside a university hospital and sought emergency medical care, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.