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Authentication Solves 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

  • 14805_psalm_planner_notes · EVIDENCE · Choice AYes, because they are recorded recollections.

    Why it's attractive

    This sees notes made to remember but skips the missing foundation and exhibit limit.

    Why it's wrong

    This sees notes made to remember but skips the missing foundation and exhibit limit.

  • 14805_psalm_planner_notes · EVIDENCE · Choice BYes, because they are business records.

    Why it's attractive

    This treats work-related personal notes as regularly made business records.

    Why it's wrong

    This treats work-related personal notes as regularly made business records.

  • 14805_psalm_planner_notes · EVIDENCE · Choice DNo, because Lydia's immunity agreement makes the notes untrustworthy and therefore substantially more prejudicial than probative.

    Why it's attractive

    This says no but does not answer the hearsay-exception problem.

    Why it's wrong

    This says no but does not answer the hearsay-exception problem.

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