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Hearsay Declarant Impeachment

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

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Example wrong choices

  • 14849_christian-barn-raise · EVIDENCE · Choice ARule it admissible to impeach the bystander's credibility and to prove the construction company's negligence.

    Why it's wrong

    Choice A is not the credited answer for this item.

  • 14849_christian-barn-raise · EVIDENCE · Choice BRule it inadmissible, because the bystander herself was not called as a witness.

    Why it's wrong

    Choice B is not the credited answer for this item.

  • 14849_christian-barn-raise · EVIDENCE · Choice DRule it inadmissible, because the bystander was given no opportunity to deny or explain her apparently inconsistent statement.

    Why it's wrong

    Choice D is not the credited answer for this item.

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