State v. Zimmer

Green, J.:

Martin Zimmer, defendant, appeals the district court’s judgment committing him to Larned State Security Hospital (LSH).

Zimmer pled guilty to six misdemeanor counts of giving a worthless check. The district court sentenced Zimmer to serve 180 days in the county jail. Because defendant refused to take his -daily medication for diabetes and to eat his food, the county attorney filed a motion to modify Zimmer’s sentence and to commit him to LSH for a mental examination. After a hearing, the magistrate judge modified defendant’s sentence and committed him to LSH under K.S.A. 1993 Supp.…