Closed Door Blocks Search
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
22274_ramshorn_mask_sweep · CRIMINAL · Choice ANo, because the back-room search was incident to the arrest.
Why it's attractive
Both A and B admit; the trigger for incident-to-arrest (immediate control) isn't satisfied for a wardrobe in another room.
Why it's wrong
Both A and B admit; the trigger for incident-to-arrest (immediate control) isn't satisfied for a wardrobe in another room.
22274_ramshorn_mask_sweep · CRIMINAL · Choice CYes, because the officers had no search warrant for the farmhouse.
Why it's attractive
Overclaim tell: a flat warrant-required rule where warrant exceptions exist.
Why it's wrong
Overclaim tell: a flat warrant-required rule where warrant exceptions exist.
22274_ramshorn_mask_sweep · CRIMINAL · Choice DYes, because the wardrobe door was closed.
Why it's attractive
Fabricated threshold: a closed, person-sized container is a valid sweep target precisely because a person could hide there.
Why it's wrong
Fabricated threshold: a closed, person-sized container is a valid sweep target precisely because a person could hide there.
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