State v. Rafuse

Defendant James Rafuse appeals from a trial court order imposing a sentence of five to ten years each for two counts of sexual assault after a finding the defendant violated his deferred-sentence probation. Defendant claims that the trial court erred by holding it had no alternative to imposing sentence. We affirm.

In July 1996, the trial court approved a deferred-sentence agreement between defendant and the state’s attorney. The agreement placed defendant on probation and deferred for five years the sentence on two counts of sexual assault of a minor provided that defendant complied with the…