Woodward was convicted in 2011 following a jury trial of rape and gross sexual imposition of a child under the age of 10, according to Butler County Court records.
The crimes were committed between January and March 2010 in Hamilton. The late Butler County Common Pleas Judge Craig Hedric sentenced him to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 19 years.
His convictions was appealed and upheld by the 12th District Court of Appeals.
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