Emergency Questions Waive All Later Rights
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
18601_lydia_choir_hall_duffel · CRIMINAL · Choice ANo, because public safety applies only to firearms, not incendiary devices.
Why it's attractive
The answer invents a firearm-only limit even though the stem gives the same immediate danger from a device.
Why it's wrong
The answer invents a firearm-only limit even though the stem gives the same immediate danger from a device.
18601_lydia_choir_hall_duffel · CRIMINAL · Choice CYes, because emergency questioning waives all later Miranda rights.
Why it's attractive
The answer turns a limited emergency exception into a blanket waiver.
Why it's wrong
The answer turns a limited emergency exception into a blanket waiver.
18601_lydia_choir_hall_duffel · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because custodial interrogation always requires warnings before any question.
Why it's attractive
The word always ignores the public-safety exception.
Why it's wrong
The word always ignores the public-safety exception.
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