State v. Mark Lankford

HORTON, Justice.

Mark Henry Lankford (Lankford) appeals from his judgment of conviction after a jury in Idaho County district court found him guilty of two counts of felony murder. Lank-ford argues that the district court erred in multiple ways and that he is entitled to a new trial. The State argues that Lankford has failed to prove that reversible error was committed by the district court and that Lankford’s convictions should be affirmed.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Lankford and his brother, Bryan Lankford (Bryan), were both convicted and sentenced to death for the 1983 murders of…