Stivers v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

Harold Stivers appeals his conviction for fading to stop after an accident, a violation of Ark. Code Ann. § 27-53-101 (Supp. 2001). On appeal, Stivers argues that the trial court erred in refusing to give the jury his proffered instruction, and that the court improperly commented on his right not to testify. Stivers’s first point has no merit, and his second point is not preserved for our review; accordingly, we affirm.

On August 21, 2001, Stivers was involved in an automobile accident in which he ran his pickup truck into the back of Jessica Price’s car on Cantrell Road in…