Roop v. State

SILBERMAN, Judge.

Kenneth B. Roop seeks review of the life sentence the trial court imposed after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder while discharging a firearm. Roop argues that he is entitled to be resen-tenced because the trial court relied on his failure to take responsibility and lack of remorse in imposing sentence. We disagree and affirm.

The charges in this case arose when Roop shot an unarmed meat salesman he encountered late one afternoon in his driveway. Roop did not testify at trial, but his videotaped statement to the police was played for the jury. In that statement,…