Depraved Heart Recklessness
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
17279_tractor_field_ruth · CRIMINAL · Choice BVoluntary manslaughter, because Ruth acted under sudden excitement.
Why it's attractive
the rule has a specific trigger (heat of passion from adequate provocation); 'sudden excitement' is invented
Why it's wrong
the rule has a specific trigger (heat of passion from adequate provocation); 'sudden excitement' is invented
17279_tractor_field_ruth · CRIMINAL · Choice CMurder, because a person died from Ruth running them over.
Why it's attractive
the variable on a homicide-classification question is the mental state, not the death
Why it's wrong
the variable on a homicide-classification question is the mental state, not the death
17279_tractor_field_ruth · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo homicide liability, because Ruth honestly believed she was driving over a hay bale.
Why it's attractive
the reasonableness element is missing; the belief was formed by failing to observe a basic safety rule
Why it's wrong
the reasonableness element is missing; the belief was formed by failing to observe a basic safety rule
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