Apparent Legal Efficacy Of A Check
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
18111_camp_stipend_forgery · CRIMINAL · Choice BNo, because Stephen did not actually lose money yet.
Why it's attractive
The student reaches for 'no harm, no foul.' The defect is the Gold Key: actual loss is not an element of forgery.
Why it's wrong
The student reaches for 'no harm, no foul.' The defect is the Gold Key: actual loss is not an element of forgery.
18111_camp_stipend_forgery · CRIMINAL · Choice CYes, but only if Daniel successfully cashes the check.
Why it's attractive
The student reads 'plans to cash' as a half-step. The defect is the Silver Key: false making is the actus reus; uttering is a separate crime.
Why it's wrong
The student reads 'plans to cash' as a half-step. The defect is the Silver Key: false making is the actus reus; uttering is a separate crime.
18111_camp_stipend_forgery · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because checks are not writings with legal significance.
Why it's attractive
The student flags the absolute. The defect is the Gold Key: a check is precisely the writing the forgery rule covers because a check has apparent legal efficacy.
Why it's wrong
The student flags the absolute. The defect is the Gold Key: a check is precisely the writing the forgery rule covers because a check has apparent legal efficacy.
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