Bourbon County District Judge Mark Ward handed down the maximum or "aggravated" sentence on Goodwin on two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, severity level three felonies. Ward sentenced him to 71 months on the first count and 61 months on the second. The sentences will be served consecutively or back to back.

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Goodwin,35, pleaded guilty in March to the charges. He was initially charged with two counts of rape and one count of aggravated indecent liberties. In exchange for pleading guilty, Bourbon County Attorney Terri Johnson agreed to drop the remaining charges. Goodwin also agreed to not argue against having the sentences run consecutively.

Mark Fern, Goodwin's attorney, asked the judge for a sentence range between 4 1/2 to nearly 5 years.

During the case, Fern filed a motion to suppress statements Goodwin made to Fort Scott Police during his questioning. Ward denied the motion, finding that the statements made by Goodwin during the interview were made freely and there was no coercion by police, according to Ward. The defendant answered various questions asked by police up to the point that he exercised his right not to answer and invoked his right to stop answering any more questions and that he understood his rights, Ward found.

Goodwin decided not to make a statement just before he was sentenced. Neither did the victim, who is 16 years old now, or several of her family members who attended Monday's sentencing.

Ward told Goodwin's actions are "indefensible" and that they justify being sentenced to the maximum allowable sentence. Goodwin also has to register as a sex offender, be placed on 36 months supervision after his release and not have any contact with the victim or her family or any other minor.