Forced Entry Taints All Later Evidence
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
14580_ichthys_keyboard_case · CRIMINAL · Choice ADenied, because the police had reasonable grounds to believe that weapons were kept in the rowhouse.
Why it's attractive
The challenged items were on Peter's person, but the answer talks about weapons somewhere in the rowhouse.
Why it's wrong
The challenged items were on Peter's person, but the answer talks about weapons somewhere in the rowhouse.
14580_ichthys_keyboard_case · CRIMINAL · Choice CGranted, because the police did not tell Peter that he was under arrest and did not read him Miranda warnings.
Why it's attractive
The challenged evidence is physical weapons, not a compelled testimonial answer.
Why it's wrong
The challenged evidence is physical weapons, not a compelled testimonial answer.
14580_ichthys_keyboard_case · CRIMINAL · Choice DGranted, because the search and seizure resulted from illegal police conduct in executing the search warrant.
Why it's attractive
The stem gives a valid warrant and announcement, so this answer needs a suppression-triggering illegality the facts do not supply.
Why it's wrong
The stem gives a valid warrant and announcement, so this answer needs a suppression-triggering illegality the facts do not supply.
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