Agency Theory Cutoff
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
17870_lydia_donut_truck · CRIMINAL · Choice BYes, because Peter's death occurred during the commission of the robbery Lydia was participating in.
Why it's attractive
It relies on the classic shorthand that a death during the robbery equals felony murder.
Why it's wrong
It relies on the classic shorthand that a death during the robbery equals felony murder.
17870_lydia_donut_truck · CRIMINAL · Choice CNo, because Peter's own conduct (pointing a gun at the deputy) was a superseding intervening cause.
Why it's attractive
It turns the item into a superseding-cause question about Peter's own conduct.
Why it's wrong
It turns the item into a superseding-cause question about Peter's own conduct.
17870_lydia_donut_truck · CRIMINAL · Choice DYes, because Lydia proximately caused Peter's death by initiating the robbery.
Why it's attractive
It imports a real but neighboring felony-murder theory.
Why it's wrong
It imports a real but neighboring felony-murder theory.
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