Certainty Cures Violation
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
20611_chapel_gallery_showup · CRIMINAL · Choice AThere is no Sixth Amendment issue because one-way glass kept the witness from speaking to Daniel.
Why it's attractive
The choice answers whether there was questioning, not whether there was a live identification confrontation.
Why it's wrong
The choice answers whether there was questioning, not whether there was a live identification confrontation.
20611_chapel_gallery_showup · CRIMINAL · Choice BThe identification is automatically admissible if the witness is certain.
Why it's attractive
The choice changes the lane from Sixth Amendment counsel to reliability.
Why it's wrong
The choice changes the lane from Sixth Amendment counsel to reliability.
20611_chapel_gallery_showup · CRIMINAL · Choice DThere is no Sixth Amendment issue because Wade applies only to multi-person lineups.
Why it's attractive
The word only over-narrows the rule.
Why it's wrong
The word only over-narrows the rule.
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