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Absolute Prohibition

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

  • 21245_market-road · CRIMINAL · Choice ANo, because a drug dog sniff is not a search under the Fourth Amendment

    Why it's attractive

    Sniff may not be a search, but the issue is seizure duration, not search definition.

    Why it's wrong

    Sniff may not be a search, but the issue is seizure duration, not search definition.

  • 21245_market-road · CRIMINAL · Choice CYes, because police may never deploy drug dogs during a traffic stop

    Why it's attractive

    Police CAN use dogs during traffic stops if the stop isn't prolonged or RS exists. 'Never' is fabricated.

    Why it's wrong

    Police CAN use dogs during traffic stops if the stop isn't prolonged or RS exists. 'Never' is fabricated.

  • 21245_market-road · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because any lawful traffic stop permits a dog sniff for as long as police want

    Why it's attractive

    Lawful stop doesn't mean unlimited time. Rodriguez: stop must end when mission is complete.

    Why it's wrong

    Lawful stop doesn't mean unlimited time. Rodriguez: stop must end when mission is complete.

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