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IN RE PHILLIPS

Record No. 020479.

574 S.E.2d 270 (2003)

265 Va. 81

In re Iris Lynn PHILLIPS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 10, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherwood S. Day (Day & Current, on brief), Lynchburg, for appellant.

Amicus curiae: Commonwealth of Virginia; William H. Hurd, State Solicitor (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General; Elizabeth A. McClanahan, Chief Deputy Attorney General; Judith Williams Jagdmann, Deputy Attorney General; Edward M. Macon, Senior Assistant Attorney General; James W. Hopper, Senior Assistant Attorney General, on brief), in support of appellant.

Present: All the Justices.

Opinion by Justice BARBARA MILANO KEENAN.

In this appeal, we consider whether Code § 53.1-231.2, which allows a convicted felon to petition a circuit court for approval of a petition for restoration of the felon's eligibility to register to vote, violates the Constitution of Virginia (the Constitution).

In August 1995, the petitioner, Iris L. Phillips, was convicted in the Circuit Court of the City of Lynchburg of making a false written statement incident...

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