State of West Virginia v. David Uphold

How courts have described this case

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• holding that identification procedure not unnecessarily suggestive where eyewitness may have heard on police radio that he was going to view suspect
• handcuffing suspect and placing him at rear of cruiser for short duration to conduct identification procedure did not amount to arrest
• “That more than one person inflicted the victim’s injuries could have been inferred based on the extensive and different injuries . . .”
• jury may infer deliberate premeditation based on nature and extent of victim’s injuries and lengthy nature of attack
• good reason existed for showup identification within one hour after murder and armed robbery
• prosecutor’s description of victim’s disturbing injuries, suggestion of torture, and statement that “no one deserves to die that way” relevant to whether defendants acted with extreme atrocity or cruelty

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).