{"source_url": "https://www.usnews.com", "url": "https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wyoming/articles/2020-01-01/businessman-released-from-prison-after-conviction-overturned", "title": "Businessman Released From Prison After Conviction Overturned", "top_image": "https://www.usnews.com/static/images/favicon.ico", "meta_img": "https://www.usnews.com/static/images/favicon.ico", "images": ["https://www.usnews.com/static-atlas/assets/img/news/best-states/logos/best_states_logo_2.svg", "https://www.usnews.com/static/images/favicon.ico", "https://www.usnews.com/static/img/usn-logo-large.svg"], "movies": [], "text": "CASPER, Wyo. (AP) \u2014 A businessman whose sexual assault conviction was overturned last week is out of prison as he waits to hear whether prosecutors will try him a third time.\n\nTony Cercy, 57, was freed from a Newcastle prison camp Tuesday after paying the $100,000 bail requested by prosecutors and set by a judge, the Casper Star-Tribune reported. Cercy's lawyers had filed a motion asking for his immediate release on Monday, claiming it would be \u201cvirtually impossible\u201d for him to be tried again.\n\nCercy was accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman who passed out on a sofa at his Alcova lake house in June 2017.\n\nThe Wyoming Supreme Court overturned his third-degree sexual assault conviction after finding that that jurors weren't properly instructed on state law regarding the crime at his second trial in November 2018.\n\nWhile prosecutors presented evidence of oral sexual assault, the court found that kind of assault does not meet the state law's standard to show third-degree sexual assault. It found that it is applicable to the first- and second-degree crimes Cercy was acquitted of during his first trial.\n\nDistrict Attorney Dan Itzen plans to meet with the alleged victim and her family before deciding whether to charge Cercy, who was sentenced to six to eight years in prison, again.", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": ["Associated Press", "Wyoming", "Wyoming News"], "tags": [], "authors": [], "publish_date": "Wed Jan  1 00:00:00 2020", "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "CASPER, Wyo. (AP) \u2014 A businessman whose sexual assault conviction was overturned last week is out of prison as he waits to hear whether prosecutors will try him a third time.", "meta_lang": "en", "meta_favicon": "/static/images/favicon.ico", "meta_data": {"viewport": "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0", "description": "CASPER, Wyo. (AP) \u2014 A businessman whose sexual assault conviction was overturned last week is out of prison as he waits to hear whether prosecutors will try him a third time.", "keywords": "Associated Press,Wyoming,Wyoming News", "site": "beststates", "zone": "statenews/articles", "fb": {"pages": 5834919267, "app_id": 130063997038366}, "og": {"title": "Businessman Released From Prison After Conviction Overturned", "description": "A Wyoming businessman whose sexual assault conviction was overturned last week is out of prison as he waits to hear whether prosecutors will re-try him.", "type": "article", "site_name": "US News & World Report", "url": "https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wyoming/articles/2020-01-01/businessman-released-from-prison-after-conviction-overturned"}, "twitter": {"card": "summary_large_image", "site": "@USNews", "title": "Businessman Released From Prison After Conviction Overturned", "description": "A Wyoming businessman whose sexual assault conviction was overturned last week is out of prison as he waits to hear whether prosecutors will re-try him."}, "google-site-verification": "owJBuFHD3VHcTSsnPSOYizmUcs3GSBjbx09vBbBi1MM", "msvalidate.01": "A8E47FA91124063A4A9C78AD5273DC0F", "optimizely": "Optimizely is supported by this application but is not enabled for this page."}, "canonical_link": "https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wyoming/articles/2020-01-01/businessman-released-from-prison-after-conviction-overturned"}