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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
19500_church-beam · CRIMINAL · Choice APeter is guilty of malicious destruction of property under transferred intent because he intended to cause harm and did cause harm.
Why it's attractive
The choice says intent to harm + harm resulted = guilty under transferred intent. But the doctrine has a same-crime limit that this choice ignores.
Why it's wrong
The choice says intent to harm + harm resulted = guilty under transferred intent. But the doctrine has a same-crime limit that this choice ignores.
19500_church-beam · CRIMINAL · Choice BPeter might face attempted murder charges for trying to kill John based on his act of cutting the rope.
Why it's attractive
The choice says something possibly true (attempted murder) but the question asks about transferred intent for property destruction. Different legal question.
Why it's wrong
The choice says something possibly true (attempted murder) but the question asks about transferred intent for property destruction. Different legal question.
19500_church-beam · CRIMINAL · Choice DPeter is not guilty of any crime because John was unharmed.
Why it's attractive
The choice says no crime at all because John was unharmed. But Peter tried to kill him — that's attempted murder regardless of whether anyone was hurt.
Why it's wrong
The choice says no crime at all because John was unharmed. But Peter tried to kill him — that's attempted murder regardless of whether anyone was hurt.
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