Hardin v. State

This is an appeal from a robbery conviction after trial without jury. The defendant was sentenced to the Indiana State Farm for a term of 360 days under the Minor’s Statute, IC 35-8-3-1, Ind. Ann. Stat. §9-1815 (Burns 1956). The only contested fact at trial was whether defendant was the robber. The only evidence that he was is his identification by the victim. Whether that identification constitutes substantial evidence of probative value is the question before us.

First, however, we speak to defendant’s attempt to assert for the first time on appeal that he was denied constitutional rights by…