TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka man who killed his mother chose to have a judge, rather than a jury, decide his sentence.

Forty-year-old Jason Hachmeister on Monday waived his right to have a jury decide whether he should receive a sentence of at least 25 years or a Hard 50 sentence.

Instead, Shawnee County District Court Judge Richard Anderson will decide Hachmeister’s sentence for premeditated first-degree murder.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Hachmeister said he didn’t want his family or himself to have to see graphic photos of the crime scene again.

Sheila Hachmeister was stabbed and strangled at her Topeka home in September 2011.

Prosecutors said Jason Hachmeister stood to receive $125,000 in life insurance because of his mother’s death.

The sentencing trial will resume July 21.