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Fruit Of Tree Overreach

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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  • CRIMINAL1

Example wrong choices

  • 17626_harvest-embezzlement · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, because the two-step rule always applies whenever police question first and warn later.

    Why it's attractive

    'always applies whenever' is a tiered absolute; the stem's 'inadvertent, not deliberate' finding contradicts it.

    Why it's wrong

    'always applies whenever' is a tiered absolute; the stem's 'inadvertent, not deliberate' finding contradicts it.

  • 17626_harvest-embezzlement · CRIMINAL · Choice CNo, because the first unwarned statement was admissible in the prosecution's case-in-chief.

    Why it's attractive

    The call is about suppressing the LATER confession; C resolves the FIRST statement's case-in-chief status — non-responsive.

    Why it's wrong

    The call is about suppressing the LATER confession; C resolves the FIRST statement's case-in-chief status — non-responsive.

  • 17626_harvest-embezzlement · CRIMINAL · Choice DYes, because any unwarned first statement automatically taints every statement that follows.

    Why it's attractive

    'automatically taints every statement that follows' is an absolute; the signed waiver and full later warnings defeat a blanket-taint claim.

    Why it's wrong

    'automatically taints every statement that follows' is an absolute; the signed waiver and full later warnings defeat a blanket-taint claim.

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