State v. Tiggs

¶ 1. 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 that follow, Tiggs has forfeited any positive right he may have had to use his legal name based on his own actions and inaction. We therefore…