State v. MacKley

This is an appeal by Ronald Mackley (defendant-appellant) from a Ford County District Court order which did not reflect a credit or allowance on the statutory sentence for the time he spent at Osawatomie and Topeka State Hospital while undergoing pretrial mental examinations.

The question presented on appeal is whether K. S. A. 21-4614 which provides that the sentence in a criminal action shall reflect a credit or “allowance for the time which the defendant has spent in jail pending the disposition of the defendant’s case” should reflect a credit or allowance for time spent in mental hospitals…