Tony Cercy Trial

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CHEYENNE -- The second trial of former Casper businessman Tony Cercy in November, in which he was convicted of third-degree sexual assault and sentenced to a six- to eight-year prison term, violated his Fifth Amendment right to not be tried twice for the same crime, his attorney told the Wyoming Supreme Court on Tuesday...

The Wyoming Attorney General's Office has 45 days to respond to Cercy's appeal.

Tony Cercy's attorneys have argued in the past that the retrial on the third-degree count violated his Fifth Amendment right to not be tried twice for the same crime.

In February 2018, a jury in Natrona County District Court acquitted Cercy on the first- and second-degree counts, but deadlocked on the third-degree count.

Wyoming law since the mid-1980s no longer guarantees the right to be released on bond.

Because the case is before the Wyoming Supreme Court, the Wyoming Attorney General's Office will file a response.

Tony Cercy was convicted in a trial in Hot Springs County in November for third-degree sexual assault of a woman at his former Alcova house in June 2017.