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Bad Identification Means All Identification Excluded

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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  • CRIMINAL1

Example wrong choices

  • 14590_hallelujah_handbell_booth · CRIMINAL · Choice BYes, because the improper out-of-court identification has necessarily tainted any in-court identification.

    Why it's attractive

    The word necessarily makes the answer too strong.

    Why it's wrong

    The word necessarily makes the answer too strong.

  • 14590_hallelujah_handbell_booth · CRIMINAL · Choice CNo, because suppression of in-court testimony is not a proper remedy, even though the out-of-court identification was improper.

    Why it's attractive

    The answer admits the out-of-court identification problem but cuts off the remedy entirely.

    Why it's wrong

    The answer admits the out-of-court identification problem but cuts off the remedy entirely.

  • 14590_hallelujah_handbell_booth · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because the out-of-court identification was not improper.

    Why it's attractive

    The answer ignores the one-photo procedure and the police confidence cue.

    Why it's wrong

    The answer ignores the one-photo procedure and the police confidence cue.

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