Any Juror Misconduct Supports New Trial
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
14847_outreach_van_clerk · EVIDENCE · Choice Ahad a pounding headache and wanted to leave before the courthouse garage closed.
Why it's attractive
The choice is about why the juror personally rushed his vote.
Why it's wrong
The choice is about why the juror personally rushed his vote.
14847_outreach_van_clerk · EVIDENCE · Choice Cmisunderstood the judge's instructions about the standard of proof in a fraud case.
Why it's attractive
The choice reports the juror's own misunderstanding and its effect on his vote.
Why it's wrong
The choice reports the juror's own misunderstanding and its effect on his vote.
14847_outreach_van_clerk · EVIDENCE · Choice Drelied on testimony about the van's mileage that the judge had stricken and ordered the jury to disregard.
Why it's attractive
The choice sounds external because the judge struck the testimony, but the juror is still describing how he used trial material in deciding the case.
Why it's wrong
The choice sounds external because the judge struck the testimony, but the juror is still describing how he used trial material in deciding the case.
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