Man sentenced to 23 years in prison for murder-for-hire plot, drug trafficking On Thursday, he was sentenced to 23 years in prison about four months after pleading guilty to the crimes Credit: Thinkstock Published: 7:00 PM CDT June 3, 2021 Updated: 7:00 PM CDT June 3, 2021 ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis man was sentenced to 23 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder-for-hire and other charges. Maurice Woodson, 34, was a member of a large-scale cocaine trafficking conspiracy between 2012 and 2016. Woodson bought large quantities of cocaine from convicted drug trafficker Adrian Lemons and his associates in the St. Louis area. On Thursday, he was sentenced to 23 years in prison about four months after pleading guilty to the crimes.