Found Gun Cures Bad Frisk
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
22291_riverfair_scripture_case · CRIMINAL · Choice ANo, because once the officer felt a hard object during the patdown, she could seize it even if it was not the item she expected.
Why it's attractive
This choice assumes the frisk was lawful before answering what could be seized.
Why it's wrong
This choice assumes the frisk was lawful before answering what could be seized.
22291_riverfair_scripture_case · CRIMINAL · Choice BNo, because the officer reasonably suspected Daniel of taking the missing Scripture case.
Why it's attractive
Reasonable suspicion of theft does not by itself authorize a patdown for evidence.
Why it's wrong
Reasonable suspicion of theft does not by itself authorize a patdown for evidence.
22291_riverfair_scripture_case · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because the pistol was discovered during a valid protective patdown.
Why it's attractive
The answer treats the later gun discovery as proof that the frisk was protective all along.
Why it's wrong
The answer treats the later gun discovery as proof that the frisk was protective all along.
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