State v. Langley

This is an automatic and direct appeal from defendant’s convictions and sentence of death on 14 counts of aggravated murder in the death of Larry Rockenbrant. The trial court erred when it admitted evidence of the murder of another person for the purpose of using some similarities between the two homicides to identify defendant as the killer of Larry Rockenbrant. Admission of that evidence was not harmless error. Accordingly, we reverse defendant’s convictions for aggravated murder and remand this case to the circuit court for a new trial.

This opinion addresses only the evidentiary issue…