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All Exceptions Need Unavailability

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

  • 22152_ruth_goat_shoulder · EVIDENCE · Choice AYes, because Ruth is subject to cross-examination.

    Why it's attractive

    This does not name the medical-treatment exception.

    Why it's wrong

    This does not name the medical-treatment exception.

  • 22152_ruth_goat_shoulder · EVIDENCE · Choice BNo, because Ruth is not unavailable.

    Why it's attractive

    Rule 803 exceptions do not require unavailability.

    Why it's wrong

    Rule 803 exceptions do not require unavailability.

  • 22152_ruth_goat_shoulder · EVIDENCE · Choice DNo, because Ruth's statement is inadmissible hearsay.

    Why it's attractive

    The statement is hearsay, but the answer ignores the exception.

    Why it's wrong

    The statement is hearsay, but the answer ignores the exception.

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