State v. Sodaro

¶ 1. Defendant John Sodaro appeals from a Chittenden District Court order denying his 13 V.S.A. § 7042 motion for sentence reconsideration on grounds that it is unsupported by the evidence. We affirm.

¶ 2. Defendant, whose criminal record spans twenty years, has a congenital brain defect and experiences periodic seizures. He has been diagnosed as suffering from a personality disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. Over the years, defendant’s illnesses have been treated with various medications. Defendant’s impairments led to his alcohol abuse and other self-destructive behavior.

¶ 3. In…