ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The man convicted in 2014 of killing an RIT professor was resentenced after his conviction was reduced, but the judge's punishment was still the maximum allowed by law.

Jerrell Henry was originally convicted of first degree murder in the death of Edline Chun and was serving a life sentence. However, an appellate court reduced that conviction to second degree murder last week.   

Despite that reduction, Henry was sentenced a max sentence of 25-years-to-life in prison Wednesday.

Henry and his girlfriend Natalie Johnson were found guilty of shooting and killing the 73-year-old woman inside her Hazelwood Terrace home in February 2013.  

Chun's body was found several days later dumped in nearby Tryon Park.

Appeals judges in a majority decision found that there was insufficient evidence to prove Henry was in fact the one who shot and killed Chun during that home invasion robbery. The judges say Johnson was also in the house at the time and prosecutors presented no evidence to establish beyond a reasonable doubt who actually pulled the trigger.

Natalie Johnson was also sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison for her role in the murder.  

Judges agreed there was enough evidence to convict Henry on the second degree murder charges.

Wednesday in court, Henry maintained his innocence, but apologized to family and friends of the victim.