Immediate Flight
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
20040_church-bazaar · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, but only if Ruth specifically ordered Barnabas to shoot
Why it's attractive
It adds a personal-order requirement that the doctrine does not impose.
Why it's wrong
It adds a personal-order requirement that the doctrine does not impose.
20040_church-bazaar · CRIMINAL · Choice BYes, because Barnabas intended to shoot the volunteer, not Naomi
Why it's attractive
It focuses on the intended target rather than the co-felon's lethal act during flight.
Why it's wrong
It focuses on the intended target rather than the co-felon's lethal act during flight.
20040_church-bazaar · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because Ruth did not personally fire the fatal shot
Why it's attractive
It turns direct firing into a necessary element of felony murder.
Why it's wrong
It turns direct firing into a necessary element of felony murder.
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