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STEPHENS v. COM.

Record No. 061228.

645 S.E.2d 276 (2007)

David STEPHENS, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 8, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Lucas Hobbs (Monica Taylor Monday; Elliott Lawson & Minor; Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, on briefs), Bristol, for appellant.

William E. Thro, State Solicitor General (Robert F. McDonnell, Attorney General; Stephen R. McCullough, Deputy State Solicitor General; William C. Mims, Chief Deputy Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

OPINION BY Justice LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR.

This appeal challenges a circuit court order denying a petition for change of name filed pursuant to Code § 8.01-217 by an inmate in a correctional facility.

BACKGROUND

On November 23, 2005, David Stephens, Jr., an inmate at the Greensville Correctional Center, filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Greensville County to change his name pursuant to Code § 8.01-217. In the petition, Stephens stated...

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