Deadly Threat Required For All Self Defense
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
- Criminal Law1
Example wrong choices
14633_galilee_cafe · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice BNo, because there is no obligation to retreat when one is in an occupied structure.
Why it's attractive
It gives the correct no-conviction outcome and sounds like a castle-style no-retreat rule.
Why it's wrong
Right no-conviction result, wrong occupied-structure frame.
Spot it next time
Ask whether the reason answers force type or location.
14633_galilee_cafe · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice CYes, because he failed to retreat even though there was an opportunity available.
Why it's attractive
It uses the stem's retreat-jurisdiction fact and the near-door fact to make retreat feel dispositive.
Why it's wrong
Overextends retreat doctrine to nondeadly force.
Spot it next time
Apply Gold Key: nondeadly force does not require retreat.
14633_galilee_cafe · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice DYes, because Peter did not threaten to use deadly force against him.
Why it's attractive
It uses a deadly-force threshold and sounds cautious because Peter threatened only a broken nose.
Why it's wrong
Uses deadly-force threat standard for a nondeadly-force case.
Spot it next time
Separate nondeadly defensive force from deadly defensive force.
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