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All Eyewitness 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.”

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  • CRIMINAL1

Example wrong choices

  • 17486_lampstand_alley_lineup · CRIMINAL · Choice ANo, because suppression of the lineup identification is the only remedy for a counsel violation.

    Why it's attractive

    The answer stops the remedy at the first suppressed identification.

    Why it's wrong

    The answer stops the remedy at the first suppressed identification.

  • 17486_lampstand_alley_lineup · CRIMINAL · Choice CYes, because any eyewitness identification is too unreliable to admit.

    Why it's attractive

    The answer makes all eyewitness IDs inadmissible.

    Why it's wrong

    The answer makes all eyewitness IDs inadmissible.

  • 17486_lampstand_alley_lineup · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because the witness may always identify the defendant in open court.

    Why it's attractive

    The answer uses always and treats court as a clean reset.

    Why it's wrong

    The answer uses always and treats court as a clean reset.

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