State v. Riggs

OPINION

BENCH, Judge:

¶ 1 Appellant challenges his conviction for three counts of automobile homicide and one count of receiving or transferring a stolen vehicle. He asserts that the trial court erred in giving a flight instruction to the jury and in refusing to suppress a statement he made to the police before being Mirandized. See Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). We affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 Appellant was driving a stolen pickup truck late at night when a Utah Highway Patrol Trooper attempted to stop him because the license plates did not match the vehicle.…