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Formal Report Is Always Best 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.”

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Example wrong choices

  • 14766_psalm_night_voice_memo · EVIDENCE · Choice AYes, under the public records exception for an investigator's factual findings.

    Why it's attractive

    The answer talks about public factual findings, but the offered item is the earlier voice memo.

    Why it's wrong

    The answer talks about public factual findings, but the offered item is the earlier voice memo.

  • 14766_psalm_night_voice_memo · EVIDENCE · Choice BNo, because the formal incident report is the best evidence.

    Why it's attractive

    The answer treats the formal incident report as the required object, but the voice memo is the offered record.

    Why it's wrong

    The answer treats the formal incident report as the required object, but the voice memo is the offered record.

  • 14766_psalm_night_voice_memo · EVIDENCE · Choice DNo, because it is hearsay and is an official incident report offered against the defendant in a civil death case.

    Why it's attractive

    The answer turns hearsay and official-report concerns into a categorical civil-case bar.

    Why it's wrong

    The answer turns hearsay and official-report concerns into a categorical civil-case bar.

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