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Curtilage Overclaim

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

  • 19019_bethany_fig_grove · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, because every part of land located behind a house is curtilage.

    Why it's attractive

    behind the house is only one clue, not the rule

    Why it's wrong

    behind the house is only one clue, not the rule

  • 19019_bethany_fig_grove · CRIMINAL · Choice BYes, because private ownership and no-entry signs always create Fourth Amendment protection.

    Why it's attractive

    the word always overreaches

    Why it's wrong

    the word always overreaches

  • 19019_bethany_fig_grove · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, but only because officers saw the illegal plants before handling them.

    Why it's attractive

    the call asks about entering the place

    Why it's wrong

    the call asks about entering the place

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