IN RE JACKSON NAME CHANGE


177 N.J. Super. 591 (1981)

427 A.2d 139

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ROBERT JACKSON TO ASSUME THE NAME OF HAKIM ABU SHABAZZ.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Cumberland County.

Decided January 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Jackson, Plaintiff Pro Se.

Solomon Forman, First Assistant Prosecutor, for the State of New Jersey (Richard J. Williams, Atlantic County Prosecutor, atty.).


MILLER, J.S.C.

Robert Jackson, an inmate at the New Jersey State Prison, Leesburg, petitions this court for leave to change his name to Hakim Abu Shabazz. The petition is opposed by the prosecutor of Atlantic County on the ground that the use of such name would afford an opportunity for deception and, moreover, make it more difficult to obtain a criminal record from the State and Federal Bureau of Identification.

Petitioner appeared on the return day of the...

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