Force Alone Makes Robbery
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
22400_conference_suitcase_claim · CRIMINAL · Choice A{'text': 'Yes, because Naomi threatened to shoot Lydia if Lydia did not release the suitcase.', 'why_wrong_or_correct': 'Wrong. The threat proves force, but force does not substitute for the larcenous intent element.'}
Why it's attractive
This choice proves a robbery component, not the disputed larceny intent.
Why it's wrong
This choice proves a robbery component, not the disputed larceny intent.
22400_conference_suitcase_claim · CRIMINAL · Choice C{'text': 'No, because nothing showed that Naomi could actually carry out the threat.', 'why_wrong_or_correct': 'Wrong. Robbery does not require proof that the threat could immediately be carried out.'}
Why it's attractive
The rule does not ask whether Naomi could immediately carry out the threat.
Why it's wrong
The rule does not ask whether Naomi could immediately carry out the threat.
22400_conference_suitcase_claim · CRIMINAL · Choice D{'text': "Yes, because Naomi's belief that the suitcase was her own stolen suitcase was unreasonable.", 'why_wrong_or_correct': 'Wrong. The claim-of-right issue turns on honest belief, not reasonable belief.'}
Why it's attractive
Unreasonable is not the same thing as dishonest.
Why it's wrong
Unreasonable is not the same thing as dishonest.
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