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STATE v. TIGGS

No. 01-2685-CR.

256 Wis.2d 739 (2002)

2002 WI App 181

649 N.W.2d 709

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. John D. TIGGS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of John D. Tiggs, Jr., pro se.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Michael E. Nieskes, deputy district attorney, and Robert S. Flancher, district attorney.

Before Nettesheim, P.J., Brown and Anderson, JJ.

¶ 1. BROWN, J.

John D. Tiggs, Jr. appeals from an order denying his motion to change a judgment of conviction to reflect his legal name, Akinbo Jihad Suru Hashim, rather than his given name. He asserts that he has a "positive right" to the use of his legal name and therefore a legal right to change the legal document. We hold that whether there is a positive right to the use of his legal name on a legal document depends on the facts of each case. For the reasons...

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