Rogers appeals sentence
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Rogers, 29, filed the notice of appeal through her attorney, Peter Strianse, advising Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley that she plans to contest the revocation of her probation before the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals. The appeal is presently being prepared and will be submitted before the appellate court at a later date. The specific reasons Rogers will cite for reversal of her sentence are unknown.
Rogers was violated last month after she admitted to allegations she violated her eight-year probationary period by trying to contact her victim. Rogers had been free on community corrections after serving 198 days in Warren County Jail for having a sexual affair with a 13-year-old Centertown student while she was a teacher at the school.
Rogers was violated after lawmen found proof she had set up Web site on the Internet to contact the victim and his underage sister. She was violated a second time when lawmen found proof she had sent erotic videos to the boy over her cellphone.
Presently, Rogers is an inmate at the Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville. Should the appellate court not reverse her sentence, she will first become eligible for parole on May 21, 2008. Should she not make parole, her sentence will be completed on Dec. 27, 2013.
However, the present totals do not reflect additional felony charges pending against her claiming she sent pornographic videos to the underage boy. Prosecutors have said they want the one- to two-year sentences for those charges to be added on top of her present sentence.