All Compulsion Overclaim
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
17811_psalm_studio_threat_card · CRIMINAL · Choice BSustain the refusal, because the Fifth Amendment treats every form of compelled evidence from a defendant as testimonial.
Why it's attractive
It turns compulsion into the whole rule and erases the testimonial limit.
Why it's wrong
It turns compulsion into the whole rule and erases the testimonial limit.
17811_psalm_studio_threat_card · CRIMINAL · Choice CReject the refusal only if Stephen first chooses to testify in his own defense.
Why it's attractive
It adds a testimony-first condition that is not part of the exemplar rule.
Why it's wrong
It adds a testimony-first condition that is not part of the exemplar rule.
17811_psalm_studio_threat_card · CRIMINAL · Choice DSustain the refusal, because attorney-client privilege shields handwriting comparison prepared for courtroom use.
Why it's attractive
The answer changes the privilege being tested from Fifth Amendment self-incrimination to attorney-client privilege.
Why it's wrong
The answer changes the privilege being tested from Fifth Amendment self-incrimination to attorney-client privilege.
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