PEORIA — A 64-year-old Peoria man was sentenced Tuesday to 14 years in prison for a home invasion that occurred seven years ago.

But how much of that sentence Larry Hughes will actually serve is another matter. He’s been in custody for six years after being arrested, convicted and sentenced for the Oct. 25, 2011, break-in at an elderly couple’s home on Gilbert Street.

Given that he’s eligible for day for day “good-time” credit, Hughes could serve only about another year before he’s released.

On Oct. 25, 2011, Hughes allegedly forced his way into a house in the 2000 block of Gilbert Street and threatened the couple there with a knife. He took a few hundred dollars and fled the scene, according to trial testimony.

Hughes was sentenced to 60 years behind bars following a September 2012 trial where he acted as his own attorney. However, in 2015, a trio of appellate court judges threw out his convictions for home invasion, armed robbery and residential burglary, saying he wasn’t properly told of his right to have an attorney.

The appellate court judges found the judge at the time relied upon a previous admonishment regarding his right to an attorney and didn’t go over the same information again when prosecutors added an additional count of forgery. He was acquitted of that additional count.

As part of his plea to home invasion, the other charges were dropped.