Supreme Court of Vermont August 10, 1990, 89-221 (State v. Carpenter)

Gibson, J.

Defendant appeals from a conviction for aggravated assault on grounds that the State did not prove the element of a substantial risk of death and that the conviction was inconsistent with his acquittal on charges of sexual' assault. We affirm.

Defendant was charged with sexually assaulting his 15-year-old adopted stepdaughter (13 V.S.A.