Agent Witness Unlimited
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.”
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Example wrong choices
14818_manna_minigolf_scope · EVIDENCE · Choice ANo, because the court has not declared Stephen a hostile witness.
Why it's attractive
It answers the leading-question/hostile-witness issue instead of the scope jump.
Why it's wrong
It answers the leading-question/hostile-witness issue instead of the scope jump.
14818_manna_minigolf_scope · EVIDENCE · Choice BYes, because Stephen manages Timothy's business property, so the scope of cross-examination of him is unlimited.
Why it's attractive
It turns Stephen's relationship with Timothy into an unlimited-scope rule.
Why it's wrong
It turns Stephen's relationship with Timothy into an unlimited-scope rule.
14818_manna_minigolf_scope · EVIDENCE · Choice DYes, because a cross-examiner is entitled to ask about any matter relevant to any issue in the case, including credibility.
Why it's attractive
It treats relevance to the case as an automatic cross-examination entitlement.
Why it's wrong
It treats relevance to the case as an automatic cross-examination entitlement.
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