Counsel Ends At Verdict
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
19833_camp_shed_sentencing · CRIMINAL · Choice ACounsel was required only until the jury returned its guilty verdict.
Why it's attractive
This choice creates an endpoint at the verdict, but the Gold Key says sentencing is still a critical stage.
Why it's wrong
This choice creates an endpoint at the verdict, but the Gold Key says sentencing is still a critical stage.
19833_camp_shed_sentencing · CRIMINAL · Choice BCounsel was unnecessary because Timothy had counsel during trial.
Why it's attractive
The choice points to trial counsel, but the call's live fact is counsel at sentencing.
Why it's wrong
The choice points to trial counsel, but the call's live fact is counsel at sentencing.
19833_camp_shed_sentencing · CRIMINAL · Choice CCounsel was unnecessary because the judge's sentence stayed within the statutory range.
Why it's attractive
The choice answers whether the sentence length was inside the authorized range, not whether Timothy had counsel at the sentencing stage.
Why it's wrong
The choice answers whether the sentence length was inside the authorized range, not whether Timothy had counsel at the sentencing stage.
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