State v. AVGOUSTOV

¶ 1. Defendant Vladimir Avgoustov appeals from his sentence for aggravated sexual assault. He claims that the trial court erred by: (1) failing to read and consider a psycho-sexual evaluation (PSE) and a presentence investigation report (PSI); (2) failing to make affirmative findings in support of its imposition of the statutory default sentence; (3) rejecting the recommendations in the PSE and PSI; and (4) basing his sentence on certain purportedly deficient findings. We disagree and affirm.

¶ 2. Defendant was charged with aggravated sexual assault on a minor, 13 V.S.A § 3253(a)(8), as a…