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Automobile Exception Overreach

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

  • 20984_baptism_sign_tin · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, but only because the retreat-supply van could be driven away.

    Why it's attractive

    The van's mobility explains the exception but does not answer whether this tin fits the search object.

    Why it's wrong

    The van's mobility explains the exception but does not answer whether this tin fits the search object.

  • 20984_baptism_sign_tin · CRIMINAL · Choice CNo, because the automobile exception never permits officers to open containers.

    Why it's attractive

    Never is too broad because some containers can be searched when the object could be inside them.

    Why it's wrong

    Never is too broad because some containers can be searched when the object could be inside them.

  • 20984_baptism_sign_tin · CRIMINAL · Choice DYes, because probable cause to search a vehicle lets officers open every container inside it.

    Why it's attractive

    Every container goes beyond the object-fit limit.

    Why it's wrong

    Every container goes beyond the object-fit limit.

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