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Indictment Means Counsel Everywhere

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.”

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  • CRIMINAL1

Example wrong choices

  • 18598_lampstand_bookshop_photo_array · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, because indictment means counsel must attend every identification procedure.

    Why it's attractive

    Every identification procedure is too broad.

    Why it's wrong

    Every identification procedure is too broad.

  • 18598_lampstand_bookshop_photo_array · CRIMINAL · Choice BNo, because the Sixth Amendment never attaches until the first witness testifies at trial.

    Why it's attractive

    The answer says never until trial testimony, but the stem already gives indictment.

    Why it's wrong

    The answer says never until trial testimony, but the stem already gives indictment.

  • 18598_lampstand_bookshop_photo_array · CRIMINAL · Choice DYes, because photo arrays are more suggestive than lineups as a matter of law.

    Why it's attractive

    The stem says nonsuggestive, and the call asks Sixth Amendment counsel.

    Why it's wrong

    The stem says nonsuggestive, and the call asks Sixth Amendment counsel.

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