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Casper man Tony Cercy was convicted of third-degree sexual assault of a 20-year-old woman and sentenced to a six- to eight year prison term.

On Dec. 19, Martin appealed the sentence to the Wyoming Supreme Court.

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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.

The Wyoming Attorney General's Office declined Tuesday to comment.

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.

Kirk Morgan with the State Public Defender's Office, which represented Montano, declined to comment.

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.

This marks the third appeal Cercy has made to the Wyoming Supreme Court.