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Grand Jury Refusal Equals Acquittal

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

  • 14565_camp_shed_grand_jury_attachment · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, because any proceeding after the preliminary hearing would violate double jeopardy.

    Why it's attractive

    it treats the preliminary hearing as trial finality.

    Why it's wrong

    it treats the preliminary hearing as trial finality.

  • 14565_camp_shed_grand_jury_attachment · CRIMINAL · Choice CYes, because bringing the case before the second grand jury violated the Double Jeopardy Clause.

    Why it's attractive

    it treats grand-jury refusal as jeopardy.

    Why it's wrong

    it treats grand-jury refusal as jeopardy.

  • 14565_camp_shed_grand_jury_attachment · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because there has been no conviction or acquittal.

    Why it's attractive

    it says no but does not use the attachment threshold tested by the stem.

    Why it's wrong

    it says no but does not use the attachment threshold tested by the stem.

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