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I am sure most people have seen movies involving police detectives where the detective shows up to a crime scene, and when the detective notices a similar pattern from a previous crime scene he will say something to the effect of: “Hey Johnny, this seems to part of this guy’s MO.” Black’s Law Dictionary defines modus operandi (”MO”) as, “a method of operating or a manner of procedure, esp., a pattern of criminal behavior so distinctive that investigators attribute it to the work of the same person.” Black’s Law Dictionary Second Pocket Edition, (West Group 2001). Often times if there are similarities on homicides or burglaries law enforcement and the prosecuting attorney will use those similarities to tie the same defendant to all of the incidents...continue to full post

Full post as published by Arkansas Criminal Defense Blog on October 22, 2007 (boomark / email).