State v. Meredith

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Herd, J.:

This is an appeal on a question reserved by the State in .a driving under the influence (DUI) case. Barton Meredith entered a plea of no contest to his second offense of driving under the influence. He was sentenced to ninety days in jail, which was reduced to five days in jail. He was given credit on his sentence for his thirty-day in-patient treatment at Valley Hope in Atchison, a privately operated alcohol treatment center.

The sole issue on appeal is whether in-patient alcohol treatment satisfies the requirement of imprisonment found in…