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Any Prior Lie Can Be Proved By Witness

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

  • 14888_hymnbook_alley_propensity · EVIDENCE · Choice Aadmissible, as evidence that Timothy did not act in self-defense during the encounter behind the print shop.

    Why it's attractive

    Uses the prior attack to prove current conduct through similarity.

    Why it's wrong

    Uses the prior attack to prove current conduct through similarity.

  • 14888_hymnbook_alley_propensity · EVIDENCE · Choice Cinadmissible, because it is irrelevant to the defense Timothy raised.

    Why it's attractive

    The evidence relates to the defense; it is excluded for character, not irrelevance.

    Why it's wrong

    The evidence relates to the defense; it is excluded for character, not irrelevance.

  • 14888_hymnbook_alley_propensity · EVIDENCE · Choice Dadmissible, as evidence of Timothy's untruthfulness.

    Why it's attractive

    The false-claim detail tempts impeachment, but this is extrinsic proof of a specific act.

    Why it's wrong

    The false-claim detail tempts impeachment, but this is extrinsic proof of a specific act.

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