False Pretenses
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 2 active questions. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- CRIMINAL2
Example wrong choices
14721_nativity_invoice · CRIMINAL · Choice ANo, because Stephen would have sold the nativity set to any customer who agreed to the price.
Why it's attractive
The choice talks about what Stephen would do as a seller, not Mary's fraud intent.
Why it's wrong
The choice talks about what Stephen would do as a seller, not Mary's fraud intent.
14721_nativity_invoice · CRIMINAL · Choice BYes, because Mary knowingly made a false statement that Stephen relied on when he released the set.
Why it's attractive
The choice lists deception facts but skips the ownership-belief fact that controls intent.
Why it's wrong
The choice lists deception facts but skips the ownership-belief fact that controls intent.
14721_nativity_invoice · CRIMINAL · Choice DYes, because even if the Bible-college statement was not material, Mary never intended to send the money.
Why it's attractive
The choice reaches for the no-present-intent-to-pay route but ignores the same intent-to-defraud problem.
Why it's wrong
The choice reaches for the no-present-intent-to-pay route but ignores the same intent-to-defraud problem.
17823_josephs_chariot · CRIMINAL · Choice BFalse pretenses, because all fraud involving property is false pretenses.
Why it's attractive
False pretenses requires title transfer.
Why it's wrong
False pretenses requires title transfer.
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