CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Bionca Ellis filed an appeal on Tuesday after she was sentenced to life in prison for killing 3-year-old Julian Wood.

Ellis was sentenced to life in prison with no parole on Oct. 27, after a jury found her guilty of all nine charges in the murder of 3-year-old Julian Wood.

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This is the first step in the appellate process, and 19 News will continue to track the case as it works through the courts.

The trial began Oct. 6 in the courtroom of Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge John Russo.

Ellis was previously found incompetent to stand trial, and it took about five months for her competency to be restored.

The Cleveland resident was facing numerous

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