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Joseph Lawson, who stood trial with Houck, was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with physical evidence.
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Nelson Circuit Court Judge Charles Simms III followed the recommendation of a jury, which, in May, found Lawson guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with physical evidence.
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The defense argues that Joseph Lawson should have been given a directed verdict (or acquittal) by the judge after the prosecution finished its case.
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Nelson County Judge Charles Simms III ruled Tuesday that co-defendant Steve Lawson will be tried separately because he has given hours of "ever evolving," or contradictory, testimony.
In March, the prosecutor, Shane Young, agreed with a motion filed by attorneys for Houck, Joseph Lawson and Steve Lawson that there has been too much publicity since Rogers disappeared in 2015 to find an unbiased jury in Nelson County.
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Nelson County Judge Charles Simms noted that in all the records he has seen, the agreement between prosecutors and Lawson stipulated he had to be 100 percent honest with investigators.
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Brooks Houck, Joseph Lawson and Steve Lawson are all charged in connection with the death of Crystal Rogers.
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Attorneys for Brooks Houck have accused investigators of pressuring and coercing inconsistent information out of Steve Lawson and his son Joseph Lawson, promising them immunity to help pin Crystal Rodgers disappearance on Houck, according to a motion filed Friday.
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Prosecutor Shane Young has asked a judge to join the cases against Brooks Houck, Joseph Lawson and Steve Lawson into one trial given they are alleged to have “acted in concert to accomplish the murder of Crystal Rodgers and to dispose of evidence which would conceal the murder.”
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The prosecution will ask that the three men stand trial together. Defense attorneys will make a motion to move the case out of Nelson County.