Act Must Be Independently Lethal
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
16100_beekeepers_end · CRIMINAL · Choice ANo, because Esther would have died from the alkaloid regardless.
Why it's attractive
True that but-for causation fails, but omits the substantial-factor alternative — a half-truth about causation law.
Why it's wrong
True that but-for causation fails, but omits the substantial-factor alternative — a half-truth about causation law.
16100_beekeepers_end · CRIMINAL · Choice CNo, because the blow alone would not have been fatal.
Why it's attractive
Invents a requirement that the blow must be independently fatal. Criminal law imposes no such threshold; substantial contribution suffices.
Why it's wrong
Invents a requirement that the blow must be independently fatal. Criminal law imposes no such threshold; substantial contribution suffices.
16100_beekeepers_end · CRIMINAL · Choice DYes, because Lydia was trespassing when she struck Esther.
Why it's attractive
The call asks about murder conviction. Trespass is a property offense unrelated to causation. Structural misfit visible from the answer text.
Why it's wrong
The call asks about murder conviction. Trespass is a property offense unrelated to causation. Structural misfit visible from the answer text.
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