Certiorari Denied, No. 27,390, April 1, 2002.
OPINION
BOSSON, Chief Judge.
{1} Under New Mexico's failure to appear statute, a person commits up to a fourth degree felony if, while released pending trial or appeal in a criminal action, he or she "fails to appear before any court ... as required." NMSA 1978, § 31-3-9 (1999). Defendant appeals his conviction for failure to appear. We discuss the meaning of the statutory language "fails...
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