Dominant Trap Hearsay No Exception
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.”
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Example wrong choices
14803_bible_bookstore_rooftop_call · EVIDENCE · Choice AImproper, because the recorded statement is hearsay not within any exception.
Why it's attractive
This choice sees hearsay but ignores the fresh adopted record facts.
Why it's wrong
This choice sees hearsay but ignores the fresh adopted record facts.
14803_bible_bookstore_rooftop_call · EVIDENCE · Choice BImproper, because Ruth lacked first-hand knowledge of the van's plate number.
Why it's attractive
The stem makes the witness the person with visual knowledge and Ruth the relay.
Why it's wrong
The stem makes the witness the person with visual knowledge and Ruth the relay.
14803_bible_bookstore_rooftop_call · EVIDENCE · Choice DProper, because the 911 recording is a public record or report.
Why it's attractive
The choice chooses an official-record frame when the stem built a witness-memory foundation.
Why it's wrong
The choice chooses an official-record frame when the stem built a witness-memory foundation.
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