Prosecutors have asked a judge to reject a request by attorneys for former NFL star Aaron Hernandez — who hanged himself in prison last month — to throw out his murder conviction.

In court documents filed Monday, prosecutors argued that dismissing the conviction would reward Hernandez for his “conscious, deliberate and voluntary act” of committing suicide.

The former New England Patriots tight was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd, a semi-professional football player who had been dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancée.

He was serving a life sentence when he hanged himself in his prison cell April 19, five days after he was acquitted in a 2012 double slaying.

Last week, his lawyers asked that his murder conviction be vacated under Massachusetts case law that holds that when a defendant dies before an appeal is decided, the conviction is vacated.

The legal process by which a person convicted of a crime can regain the standing of a suspect is called abatement ab initio — Latin for “from the beginning.”

But Bristol County prosecutors argued Monday that his suicide should not allow him to void the guilty verdict a jury reached in 2015, the Boston Globe reported.

District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III’s office said Hernandez does not deserve such change in his legal status — partly because he chose to end his life in his cell at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center.

“It is in the interest of justice that this defendant should not be allowed to avoid a conviction for the murder of Odin Lloyd by deliberately, consciously and voluntarily taking his own life,’’ prosecutors wrote.

Prosecutors also wrote that Hernandez was imprisoned for life without parole — and that his death means his sentence was served.

“The defendant was serving his punishment at the time he took his own life,” prosecutors wrote. “He now has served the entirety of his sentences. … By his death, he has completed his lawful sentence for his murder conviction, just as death completes the sentence of every murderer in the Commonwealth.’’

Hernandez’s suicide also could undermine the wrongful-death lawsuit filed against his estate, prosecutors wrote.

Jenkins and her lawyer said in an affidavit filed last week in probate court that Hernandez’s estate is now worth “$0.00” — with “no monies available and no identifiable personal assets.”

But there has been an offer to buy Hernandez’s house, which is worth almost $1.3 million.

Hernandez’s lawyers must file an answer to Quinn’s filing by Thursday. Bristol Superior Court Judge E. Susan Garsh will hold a hearing on the issue May 9.

Hernandez’s exact motive for killing Lloyd has never been specified, but prosecutors said during closing arguments that Hernandez thought Lloyd “disrespected” him.