Roper v. State

DANIEL E. SCOTT, Judge.

We affirm the denial of post-conviction relief after a murder conviction.

Facts and Proceedings

We need only summarize the underlying crime and direct the reader elsewhere 1 for the sordid details. Patrice Siebert lived in a trailer with her sons and the victim, Donald Rector, a mentally-ill teenager. Patrice’s handicapped son, Jonathan, died in his sleep under circumstances indicating parental neglect. Patrice, her son Darían, and Appellant (“Movant”) conspired to burn the trailer to incinerate Jonathan’s malnourished and bedsore-ridden body. Movant also wanted the…