Mike Blonigen

Natrona County District Court Judge Daniel Forgey took attorneys' arguments under advisement and did not issue a ruling at the end of Friday's hearing.

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.

The case began when law enforcement took a report from the alleged victim on June 28, 2017, about an incident at Cercy's house at Alcova Lake three days before.

The jury's decision boils down to whether the prosecution has proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt to convict Tony Cercy -- who is presumed innocent.

Wyoming Chief Justice E. James Burke signed the order on Monday.

One of Cercy's attorneys, Jeffrey Pagliuca of Denver, said he will file a motion to change the venue, or location, of the trial.

Casper businessman Tony Cercy has filed a petition asking the Wyoming Supreme Court to either acquit him, or limit evidence at a retrial, of a charge of third-degree sexual assault. Cercy was acquitted after an eight-day jury trial in Natrona County District Court in February of charges of first- and second-degree sexual assault of a then 20-year-old woman at Alcova Lake last June...

Public Defender Dylan Rosalez did not call any witnesses to testify.

Blonigen made his case while he spoke out against a bill the Joint Judiciary Committee sponsored in 2017.

Addicts, especially those who use pain-killing narcotics, aren't able to hold jobs and they look for money and find vulnerable adults are easy marks.