Appellate Court of Illinois· 5/18/2000

People v. Hansen

Citations

729 N.E.2d 934
313 Ill. App. 3d 491
246 Ill. Dec. 283
2000 Ill. App. LEXIS 386

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defendant’s subsequent bad acts were not relevant to prove his motive for an earlier crime
“[t]he term modus operandi refers to a pattern of criminal behavior so distinctive that separate crimes committed in that pattern are recognizable as having been committed by the same person”
defendant’s subsequent bad acts were not relevant to prove his motive for an earlier crime
evidence of subsequent crimes that occurred in the 1960s and 1970s inadmissible to show the defendant’s motive in 1955 murder
evidence of subsequent crimes that occurred in the 1960s and 1970s inadmissible to show the defendant’s motive in 1955 murder
defendant’s subsequent bad acts were not relevant to prove his motive for an earlier crime

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Judges: Hoffman, Hall

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