Absolute No Entry Rule Myth
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
19937_machete-chase-cabin · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, because hot pursuit also allowed officers to search every cabinet in the cabin for evidence.
Why it's attractive
Gets the entry right but overclaims scope — hot pursuit authorizes entry for capture, not a full cabinet search. The 'also allowed every cabinet' claim is a false absolute extension of the doctrine.
Why it's wrong
Gets the entry right but overclaims scope — hot pursuit authorizes entry for capture, not a full cabinet search. The 'also allowed every cabinet' claim is a false absolute extension of the doctrine.
19937_machete-chase-cabin · CRIMINAL · Choice BNo, because officers were required to pause outside and seek a warrant once Timothy pulled the cabin door shut.
Why it's attractive
Claims the door-closing reinstated the warrant requirement during an active, continuous hot pursuit. That is simply not the law. The pursuit was uninterrupted; the exigency did not evaporate when Timothy crossed the threshold.
Why it's wrong
Claims the door-closing reinstated the warrant requirement during an active, continuous hot pursuit. That is simply not the law. The pursuit was uninterrupted; the exigency did not evaporate when Timothy crossed the threshold.
19937_machete-chase-cabin · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because police may never enter a home without a warrant.
Why it's attractive
States an absolute rule — 'never enter without a warrant' — that ignores the exigent circumstances exceptions. The home is highly protected but not absolutely immune when exigency applies.
Why it's wrong
States an absolute rule — 'never enter without a warrant' — that ignores the exigent circumstances exceptions. The home is highly protected but not absolutely immune when exigency applies.
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