Its been a year now since a 42-year-old Hutchinson man was sentenced to 20-months in prison for the criminal cases against him. Michael Meeks had entered no contest pleas in both cases as part of a plea agreement with the state after he was arrested  in January of 2011, after a brief standoff with police and arrested again in March of 2012 on multiple charges of stalking and violation of a protection order.

The cases are scheduled before that Kansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday as part of his appeal of the sentence handed down.

In the first case, he was charged with kidnapping, two counts of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon, criminal threat and battery. According to police, several 911 calls came in reporting a woman being forced into a home. A witness told police that he had picked her up, putting her over his shoulders and took her into the home, when she refused to enter on her own. Meeks was eventually taken into custody, but at one point reportedly had a shotgun pointed at officers which they later found hidden behind a couch.

They also found in a large safe in the basement, with 40-45 weapons inside, including an assault rifle and an alleged grenade launcher.

In the second case, he entered no contest pleas to criminal restraint instead of kidnapping along with two counts of aggravated assault of law enforcement officers. But, in the second case, he entered no contest pleas to felony flee and elude and violation of a protection from abuse order. All the charges of stalking were dropped by the state as part of the agreement.

Arguments before the appeals court Wednesday will be at 1:30 p-m in the afternoon.