MisconceptionObserved in bank
Behind House Equals Curtilage
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
19019_bethany_fig_grove · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, because every part of land located behind a house is curtilage.
Why it's attractive
behind the house is only one clue, not the rule
Why it's wrong
behind the house is only one clue, not the rule
19019_bethany_fig_grove · CRIMINAL · Choice BYes, because private ownership and no-entry signs always create Fourth Amendment protection.
Why it's attractive
the word always overreaches
Why it's wrong
the word always overreaches
19019_bethany_fig_grove · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, but only because officers saw the illegal plants before handling them.
Why it's attractive
the call asks about entering the place
Why it's wrong
the call asks about entering the place
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