State v. Aranda

OPINION

WALTERS, Judge.

Defendant was scheduled to be tried on two drug charges, one a felony and one a misdemeanor, on August 23, 1979. He did not appear, but voluntarily turned himself in at the sheriff’s office on September 13th. When he failed to appear for trial in August, a criminal complaint was issued, and it is from a conviction on the felony charge of willful failure to appear before the court, in violation of § 31-3-9(A), N.M.S.A.1978, that this appeal is taken. We affirm.

Defendant raises three issues: (1) whether there was sufficient evidence of willfulness to support the trial…