Legal Opinion
Torbit v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 6, 1994No. 564PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLOOM, Judge.
Appellant, Jerry Lee Torbit II, is a prisoner at the Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center in Baltimore City. Having converted to the Islamic faith, he desires to change his name by formal legal process to Khaliq Al-Shakur Muhammad, a name that he has been using “for a considerable period *532of time” while in prison. Accordingly, he filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City a pro se Petition for Change of Name and Request for Waiver of Publication, pursuant to Maryland Rules BH70, BH72, and BH75, and Maryland Code (1957, 1994 Repl.Vol.), Art. 16, § 123.
Along with his petition,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Alonzo H. Jones v. Ernest MorrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Stuart v. Board of Supervisors of ElectionsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1972
- Hall v. HallCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1976
- Russel J. Besecker, III v. State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Hardy v. HardyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1973
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