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Global Counsel Overclaim

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

  • 17576_concert_wristband_fire_questioning · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, because Detective Martha had to notify Daniel's appointed lawyer before questioning him in jail about any suspected crime.

    Why it's attractive

    The answer creates a notification rule that the call and facts do not supply.

    Why it's wrong

    The answer creates a notification rule that the call and facts do not supply.

  • 17576_concert_wristband_fire_questioning · CRIMINAL · Choice CNo, because Daniel waived his Sixth Amendment right to counsel simply by answering after the warnings.

    Why it's attractive

    It talks about waiving a Sixth Amendment right that had not attached to the fire offense.

    Why it's wrong

    It talks about waiving a Sixth Amendment right that had not attached to the fire offense.

  • 17576_concert_wristband_fire_questioning · CRIMINAL · Choice DYes, because appointed counsel on the counterfeit-wristband charge barred police-initiated questioning about any other offense.

    Why it's attractive

    The word any makes the choice overclaim beyond the charged case.

    Why it's wrong

    The word any makes the choice overclaim beyond the charged case.

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