State v. Casdorph

Neely, Justice:

This is an appeal from a conviction of robbery under W. Va. Code, 61-2-12 [1961]. The defendant, Donald Hartford Casdorph alias “Little Red Bird,” assigned as errors: (1) the indictment was defective because it failed to charge the defendant with the crime of robbery; (2) the defendant’s pre-trial confession was involuntary; and, (3) the identification of the defendant at the police station was unduly suggestive and should have been excluded. We find no error and affirm.

At approximately 4:20 a.m. on December 19, 1973, Thomas Edward Fink, a Skyline Cab Company driver, was…