All Murder Is General Intent
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
17097_pastor-daniel-gun-variant · CRIMINAL · Choice AIt requires complete acquittal because Timothy was too intoxicated to be held responsible for any crime.
Why it's attractive
Absolute language — 'requires complete acquittal' and 'any crime' — is a structural red flag; no jurisdiction treats voluntary intoxication as a complete defense to all criminal liability.
Why it's wrong
Absolute language — 'requires complete acquittal' and 'any crime' — is a structural red flag; no jurisdiction treats voluntary intoxication as a complete defense to all criminal liability.
17097_pastor-daniel-gun-variant · CRIMINAL · Choice BIt has no possible relevance because murder is a general-intent crime and intoxication is never a defense to such crimes.
Why it's attractive
The stem itself says first-degree murder requires premeditation and deliberation — specific-intent elements. The choice contradicts the stem's own legal framework.
Why it's wrong
The stem itself says first-degree murder requires premeditation and deliberation — specific-intent elements. The choice contradicts the stem's own legal framework.
17097_pastor-daniel-gun-variant · CRIMINAL · Choice DIt establishes an insanity defense if Timothy cannot later remember pulling the trigger.
Why it's attractive
The choice names 'insanity defense' but the fact pattern describes a blackout/lack of memory, which is not the legal standard for insanity.
Why it's wrong
The choice names 'insanity defense' but the fact pattern describes a blackout/lack of memory, which is not the legal standard for insanity.
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