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All Police Questioning Requires Miranda

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

  • 14562_chapel_bank_stop · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, because the confession was the fruit of a Miranda violation, even though there was no Fourth Amendment violation.

    Why it's attractive

    concedes no Fourth violation but assumes warning violation

    Why it's wrong

    concedes no Fourth violation but assumes warning violation

  • 14562_chapel_bank_stop · CRIMINAL · Choice CYes, because the confession was the fruit of a Fourth Amendment violation, even though there was no Miranda violation.

    Why it's attractive

    treats reasonable suspicion as insufficient for Terry

    Why it's wrong

    treats reasonable suspicion as insufficient for Terry

  • 14562_chapel_bank_stop · CRIMINAL · Choice DYes, because the confession was the fruit of both a Fourth Amendment violation and a Miranda violation.

    Why it's attractive

    fails both axes

    Why it's wrong

    fails both axes

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