Conspiracy Always Merges With The Substantive Offense
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
16127_stewardship_bomb · CRIMINAL · Choice AArson or conspiracy, but not both.
Why it's attractive
The student half-remembers 'conspiracy merges' and picks the but-not-both answer. The Gold Key tells them Wharton's Rule does not apply to arson.
Why it's wrong
The student half-remembers 'conspiracy merges' and picks the but-not-both answer. The Gold Key tells them Wharton's Rule does not apply to arson.
16127_stewardship_bomb · CRIMINAL · Choice BArson only.
Why it's attractive
The student registers the completed burning and never registers the group agreement that triggers conspiracy.
Why it's wrong
The student registers the completed burning and never registers the group agreement that triggers conspiracy.
16127_stewardship_bomb · CRIMINAL · Choice DConspiracy only.
Why it's attractive
The student registers the agreement but treats the substantive offense as if absorbed by the agreement. The completed burning is a separate crime.
Why it's wrong
The student registers the agreement but treats the substantive offense as if absorbed by the agreement. The completed burning is a separate crime.
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