Billy Casper's son pleads
not guilty to robbery charges
The son of two-time U.S.
Open golf champion Billy Casper has pleaded innocent to charges he robbed a downtown
bar and possessed a short-barrel shotgun and numerous drugs.
Prosecutors said Monday
they will seek to have David Casper, 26, declared a habitual criminal if he is
convicted at his Feb. 22 trial. If a judge makes that declaration, Casper could
get life in prison.
Casper already has felony
convictions for escape and burglary in other states. Nevada law permits a person
to be declared a habitual criminal after a third conviction.
Casper is also wanted in
a string of up to 30 San Diego robberies. He is being held on $250,000 bail on
the Nevada charges, but even if he posts it, he wouldn't be free because of the
California warrants.
Casper was arrested Nov.
11 by Las Vegas police who were pursuing the robbers of a bar.
