PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has upheld a 40-year prison sentence for a man convicted of murder in 2018 for the shooting of his domestic partner.

The Portland Press Herald reports that Anthony Leng pleaded guilty in 2019 to shooting his longtime partner, Sokha Khuon, and the judge imposed the maximum sentence allowed under the plea agreement.

Maine’s highest court affirmed the sentence issued by Superior Court Justice Andrew Horton in a 13-page letter denying an appeal by Leng for a shorter sentence. The justices wrote that Horton “properly considered other factors” in sentencing.