Date: 12-07-2024

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State of Wyoming v. Sean Alan Rogers

Case Number: S-21-0027

Judge: Not Available

Court: District Court, Laramie County, Wyoming

Plaintiff's Attorney: Laramie County, Wyoming District Attorney's Office

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Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault and delivery of a control substance.

On June 14, 2019, Brandy Blaylock—accompanied by her two children, AG, her fifteen-year-old daughter, sand XG, her thirteen-year-old son—went to the hospital in Gillette. Ms. Blaylock was admitted and she asked a friend, Mr. Rogers, if he would come pick up her children. Mr. Rogers picked them up and took them to his home, where they spent the night. The next day, he rented a car and took AG, XG, and a friend of his, Tyler Loman, on a road trip. AG and XG testified that the group drove first to Fort Collins and then to Denver, Colorado, where Mr. Rogers bought marijuana and marijuana product known as wax.1

Late that night, the group returned to Mr. Rogers’ home in Gillette. AG and XG testified that on their return, they smoked the marijuana and wax in the garage. According to AG, the wax was much stronger than marijuana in plant form. She testified that her head "really hurt and [she] felt dizzy." AG and XG eventually went to the basement to sleep. AG testified that she was awakened by Mr. Rogers. The next thing she remembers is waking up on Mr. Rogers’ bedroom floor with Mr. Rogers on top of her. AG stated that she felt him "inside" of her and that she "tried to scream" but "nothing came out." She testified that she was still under the influence of marijuana. After this, she went into the bathroom and noticed that her shirt was wet and her clothes were disheveled. She returned home the next day and threw her shirt and pants under her bed. A couple of weeks later, she told her mother what had happened. Her mother retrieved her clothes and took them to the police station where she and AG reported AG's account of the assault to law enforcement.

Mr. Rogers recounted events differently. He testified that he, AG, XG, and Mr. Loman drove, not to Colorado, but to Cheyenne, where he purchased tobacco and CBD oil at two separate smoke shops. He testified that after the group returned to Gillette, AG and XG went downstairs where they had slept the previous night. He remained in the garage where he drank two beers and slept until the next morning. Mr. Rogers also testified that he did not assault AG.

Crime lab analysis found seminal fluid on AG's pants and shirt. DNA profiles of the sperm samples were consistent with Mr. Rogers’ DNA. Nonsperm samples "demonstrated the presence of a mixture [of DNA] from which" Mr. Rogers, AG, and an additional unidentified individual could not be excluded.

Outcome: A jury convicted the Defendant and he was sentenced to between 13 and 17 years.

Affirmed on appeal.

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