New Mexico Court of Appeals February 7, 2002, 21,834 (State v. Hicks)

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.