State v. Olson

OPINION

WOZNIAK, Judge.

This is an appeal from a 43-month sentence of Olson to the Minnesota Correctional Facility, Stillwater, after a jury conviction of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree. The sentence was within the presumptive sentence range for a severity level VIII offense and a criminal history score of zero. The defendant appeals from his sentence only, seeking a modification.

At sentencing, Olson requested a disposi-tional departure based upon his alleged amenability to treatment in a probationary setting and urged the trial court to place him in an intense program for sexual…