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A Search Warrant Is Always Required To Enter A Home

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

Subject distribution

  • CRIMINAL1

Example wrong choices

  • 14567_bookstore_bedroom_miranda · CRIMINAL · Choice AThe statement was not voluntary.

    Why it's attractive

    Voluntariness is harder than the obvious warning defect.

    Why it's wrong

    Voluntariness is harder than the obvious warning defect.

  • 14567_bookstore_bedroom_miranda · CRIMINAL · Choice BThe police did not have a search warrant authorizing entry into the house.

    Why it's attractive

    Entry into the suspect home is not the statement defect.

    Why it's wrong

    Entry into the suspect home is not the statement defect.

  • 14567_bookstore_bedroom_miranda · CRIMINAL · Choice DDaniel was not told he was under arrest until after he made the statement.

    Why it's attractive

    Custody does not wait for magic words.

    Why it's wrong

    Custody does not wait for magic words.

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