JORDAN v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 161527.

809 S.E.2d 622 (2018)

Brian Wendall JORDAN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 22, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Hampton Andrews ( Robert W. Loftin ; McGuireWoods, on briefs), Richmond, for appellant.

Matthew R. McGuire , Acting Deputy Solicitor General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General; Trevor S. Cox , Acting Solicitor General, on brief), for appellee.

PRESENT: Goodwyn, Mims, McClanahan, Powell, Kelsey, and McCullough, JJ., and Lacy, S.J.


Brian Wendall Jordan, an inmate, filed a petition to change his name. The trial court denied his petition, and Jordan asks us to reverse this decision. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the trial court's decision.

BACKGROUND

Brian Wendall Jordan was sentenced to a lengthy term of...

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