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.”
Subject distribution
- 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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