All Prosecutor Promises Are Hearsay
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
14765_daniel_bookstore_arson_bias · EVIDENCE · Choice Ainadmissible, because the promise is hearsay not within any exception.
Why it's attractive
The choice ignores that the promise is used to show Ruth's motive, not to prove dismissal will happen.
Why it's wrong
The choice ignores that the promise is used to show Ruth's motive, not to prove dismissal will happen.
14765_daniel_bookstore_arson_bias · EVIDENCE · Choice Cinadmissible, because the law encourages negotiated resolutions of criminal charges.
Why it's attractive
The choice elevates a general negotiation policy over the specific witness-bias use.
Why it's wrong
The choice elevates a general negotiation policy over the specific witness-bias use.
14765_daniel_bookstore_arson_bias · EVIDENCE · Choice Dadmissible, as a statement by an agent of a party-opponent.
Why it's attractive
The choice gets admissibility but attaches the wrong hearsay theory.
Why it's wrong
The choice gets admissibility but attaches the wrong hearsay theory.
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