Agreement Equals Attempt
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
14696_purple-cloth-scheme · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, because by objective standards Lydia and the agent had entered an agreement for Lydia to obtain the smuggled fabric.
Why it's attractive
Says Yes because agreement. Agreement overstates what the law requires for attempt. A fabricated rule that agreement equals attempt. Anchor needed to cut.
Why it's wrong
Says Yes because agreement. Agreement overstates what the law requires for attempt. A fabricated rule that agreement equals attempt. Anchor needed to cut.
14696_purple-cloth-scheme · CRIMINAL · Choice CYes, because Lydia unequivocally expressed her intent to obtain the smuggled goods.
Why it's attractive
Says Yes because expressed intent. True that she expressed intent; missing the required overt act. Half-truth — one element present, the dispositive one absent.
Why it's wrong
Says Yes because expressed intent. True that she expressed intent; missing the required overt act. Half-truth — one element present, the dispositive one absent.
14696_purple-cloth-scheme · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because she was illegally arrested.
Why it's attractive
Says No because illegal arrest. Reaches the right bottom line but offers a procedural reason irrelevant to guilt. The illegality of the arrest does not establish that the crime was not committed. DOMINANT TRAP.
Why it's wrong
Says No because illegal arrest. Reaches the right bottom line but offers a procedural reason irrelevant to guilt. The illegality of the arrest does not establish that the crime was not committed. DOMINANT TRAP.
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