Opinion ID: 203200
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Heading: State Indictment and Conviction

Text: On September 9, 2004, the State of Maine indicted Rogers in a six-count indictment, charging him with sexual offenses against Child A, Child B and DW (identified as Child C). Pursuant to a plea agreement, he pled guilty to, and was convicted of, four of the six counts: (1) gross sexual assault in violation of 17-A M.S.R.A. § 253(1)(B), based on his having engaged in a sexual act with Child A, a minor under the age of 14 (Count 1); (2) two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor in violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 2922(1)(A) (now 17-A M.R.S.A, § 282), based on his having caused Child A and Child B to engage in sexually explicit conduct knowing or intending that the conduct would be photographed (Counts 2 and 4); and (3) sexual abuse of a minor in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 254(1)(2), based on his having engaged in a sexual act with DW (Child C), a minor who was 14 or 15 and at least 10 years younger than he (Count 6). The State dismissed the remaining two counts. On July 28, 2005, the state court sentenced Rogers as follows: (1) for Count 1, 15 years imprisonment, with all but six years suspended, followed by four years of probation; (2) for Count 2, nine years imprisonment, all suspended, with three years probation, all to be served consecutively to Count 1; (3) for Court 4, 364 days imprisonment, to be served concurrently with Count 1; (4) and for Count 6, 364 days imprisonment, to be served concurrently with Count 1.